Video: 'Modern Times' trailer

(Wednesday, February 5, 1936, 8:30 p.m. EST) — The gala world premiere of Modern Times, a comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world, was held tonight at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

The film starred Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford and Chester Conklin.