He dances around desperately looking for it, but the customers start complaining about the delay, so he has to make up the words. The film soundtrack is only instrumental, but the Turner and Parsons lyrics must have been inspired by this scene. The opening instrumental sequence is very long because in the film, Charlie has written the words of the song on his shirt cuff, which flies across the restaurant as soon as he makes his grand entrance. . In the final scene of Modern Times Charlie and the gamine set off down the road to a new life.
When Chaplin sang this song in it was the very first time that the world heard his voice, after two decades of silent pantomime. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. All photographs from Chaplin films made from 1918 onwards © Roy Export S. When they get up off the grass verge to go, he pauses and points to the corners of his mouth, indicating that she should smile. . . .
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