The Great Depression was a hugely successful era for the film industry. Citizens flocked to movie theaters weekly to try to cope with the disappointing reality of unemployment. No matter the circumstance, people were determined to find a way to take their minds off their current state. The film industry took advantage of this moment of desperation. What made the films so popular was the incredible comparability of their lives to the main characters or plots of the film. In the films “The Public Enemy” and “Modern Times” the directors/producers look at life during the Great Depression. Comedy films seemed to thrive during this time period. Laughing at a comedy at the cinema has become a weekly routine for adults. In the film "Modern Times" Charlie Chaplin plays the ordinary factory worker, an obvious relationship to the machine age of the 1930s, and faces a series of challenges to earn money for himself and later in the film for the girl who love. He often finds himself in conflict with the world while trying to hold down a single job. When he finally does...