In this visual essay, John Bengtson, author of Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin, tours the locations used in Modern Times through photographs, vintage maps, and film clips, revealing what Chaplin's camera captured of the backdrop to the silent era and how things have changed.
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