How a Charlie Chaplin stunt was filmed, 1936. _ In the 1936 movie “Modern Times” a blindfolded Charlie Chaplin roller skates around on the fourth floor of an under-construction department store. As he skates backwards and hits the staircase trim, he nearly topples to his death. The film here reveals the camera trick-- the stunt was achieved with a technique called a “glass shot.” The deep drop-off to the department store’s lower floors was actually painted on a pane of glass, placed in front of