In honor of Labor Day, a look at some of the films that have explored the workplace, from tragic to comedic. As far back as Louis Lumière’s 1895 “Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon” 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.¶There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor’s 1928 “The Crowd”), satires (Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 “Modern Times …
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Classic Hollywood: The movies at work