Modern Times

Charlie Chaplin bids farewell to both his Little Tramp character and the world of silent movies in this 1936 comedy classic. It’s essentially still a silent (Chaplin only speaks during a gibberish musical number) although music (including Chaplin’s composition “Smile”) and sound effects are heard all over the place, as Chaplin battles Depression-era industrialism and falls in love with a pretty vagrant (Paulette Goddard). Modern Times screens on Saturday, April 30, 2:30 and 7 p.m., at Rome’s Capitol Theatre, 220 W. Dominick St. Also on the 35mm bill: the 1939 Buster Keaton short Pest from the West and Laurel and Hardy’s 1932 Oscar winner The Music Box. Admission is $5.50 for adults, $1.50 for children. For details, dial 337-6453.