The Gold Rush
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Ask Mick LaSalle...in "The Seven Year Itch" isn't funny, but Marilyn in "Some Like It Hot" is funny, and so is Charlie Chaplin eating his boot in "The Gold Rush." As for today's movies, it's impossible to say which comedies will last, because we're so... In this article: Antichrist, Karin Viard, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, and Hollywood |
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Tucson Citizen | November 12, 2009
A Tramp, a Queen, a Cranky Tennis Star, a Chinese Leader, and a History of the Tommy Gun
...documents the actor's life through his film work, beginning with the shorts shot by Mack Sennett, through such seminal feature films as The Gold Rush, City Lights, The Great Dictator, and Modern Times. This is more than just the mere story of...
In this article: Jane Austen, Andre Agassi, Charlie Chaplin, Simon Louvish, Chiang Kai-shek, Edward VIII, Paul Newman, Mao Zedong, Hollywood, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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Daily Mail | November 06, 2009
GBP3.20 battered tin bought on eBay reveals lost Chaplin film worth GBP40,000
...Dictator, which he wrote, filmed and directed Mega-star: The British comic appears as the Lone Prospector in a scene from 1925 flim The Gold Rush 'We see a Zeppelin bomb attack. And then we see Chaplin taking the mickey out of the...
In this article: Charlie Chaplin, Tin, EBay, Essanay, World War I, Oscars, Burlesque on Carmen, and David Robinson
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
The Gold Rush
...in the film by Georgia Hale. Although photographs of Grey exist in the role, documentaries such as Unknown Chaplin and Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush do not contain any film footage of her, indicating no such footage survives. Chaplin...
In this article: Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Lita Grey, The Tramp, Unknown Chaplin, Uruguay Round Agreements Act, DVD, U.S. Copyright Office, and Tom Murray
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Life123 | October 28, 2009
Top Ten Charlie Chaplin Movies
...Tramp and a blind flower seller, this movie is considered a classic silent film for the way it conveys emotion without words. The Gold Rush (1925) When the tramp heads off to seek his fortune, it's a sure promise that comedy will follow.
In this article: Charlie Chaplin, Little Tramp, The Kid, Monsieur Verdoux, The Great Dictator, Modern Times, and Hollywood
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Kansas City Star | September 11, 2009
Library of Congress shows off Alaska history
...of her TV show. One of the 1898 pictures was later seen by Charlie Chaplin and was used as the basis for a scene in his 1923 film, "The Gold Rush," said Katherine Blood, the library's curator of prints and photographs. </p><p>Billington said...
In this article: Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, Library of Congress, Washington, World War II, Juneau, and Charlie Chaplin
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Kansas City Star | August 13, 2009
Free films, special screenings
...and their eccentric owners converge on the Big Apple for a prestigious dog competition. 6 p.m. Thursday, KCK Main Library. "THE GOLD RUSH" Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy classic is set in the Alaskan gold fields. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, West...
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Kansas City Star | July 31, 2009
West Wyandotte Library slates August events
...encouraged to learn about all the online resources available anytime, anywhere. Thursday, August 20, 6:30pm - Reel Thursdays: The Gold Rush (1925) - Escape the heat with Charlie Chaplin's legendary silent comedy, as a hapless prospector...
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NPR | July 28, 2009
Food On Film: The Famished And The Feasts
Food by the foot: In The Gold Rush, an unfortunate run of bad luck lands The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) in Alaska with nothing left to eat but an old shoe. Photofest July 28, 2009 Audiences have been lining up to gaze at what Oliver Twist...
In this article: Babette's Feast, Turtle soup, Charlie Chaplin, Puff pastry, The Tramp, Foie gras, and Potato
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | July 07, 2009
Sodankyla: Films where the sun never sets
...the audience sang along to every word. More accessible was the flagship screening of a restored version of Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) with live accompaniment from the Oulu Symphony Orchestra. The film is scarcely...
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | June 02, 2009
A pal doffs his hat to Charlie Chaplin
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Silent Film Celebration is preparing to present 'The Gold Rush.' Chaplin friend Norman Lloyd reminisces about the star's later years. June 3, 2009 Norman Lloyd orman Lloyd says he can remember when he...
In this article: Charlie Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Nigel Bruce, Limelight, Sydney Pollack, Mercury Theatre, They Shoot Horses, Don't They, and Claire Bloom
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Gold Rush is a silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite. Chaplin declared several times that this was the film that he most wanted to be remembered for. ==Plot==
The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) travels to Alaska to take part in the Alaska Gold Rush. Bad weather strands him in a remote cabin with a prospector who has found a large gold deposit (Mack Swain) and an escaped fugitive (Tom Murray), after which they part ways, with the prospector and the fugitive fighting over the prospector's claim, ending with the prospector receiving a blow to the head and the fugitive falling off a cliff to his death. The Tramp eventually finds himself in a gold rush town where he ultimately decides to give up prospecting. After taking a job looking after another prospector's cabin, he falls in love with a lonely saloon girl (Georgia Hale) whom he mistakenly thinks has fallen in love with him. He soon finds himself waylaid by the prospector he met earlier, who has developed amnesia and needs the Tramp to help him find his claim by leading him to the cabin.
Particularly famous scenes include:
* The Little Tramp, starving, having to eat his boot, a prop made of licorice.
* The Little Tramp showing a dance to his imaginary dinner guests using two bread rolls stabbed with forks.
* A house teetering on the edge of a cliff, before its occupants, Chaplin and the prospector, manage to scramble out.
- Name:
- The Gold Rush
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- June 26, 1925
- Directed By:
- Charlie Chaplin
- Produced by:
- Charlie Chaplin
- Written By:
- Charlie Chaplin
- Editor:
- Charlie Chaplin
- Starring:
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- Malcolm Waite
- Henry Bergman
- Tom Murray
- Georgia Hale
- Charlie Chaplin
- Mack Swain
- Cinematography:
- Roland Totheroh
- Music By:
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- Max Terr
- Charlie Chaplin
- Carli Elinor
- James L. Fields
- Distributed By:
- United Artists
- Length:
- 1942 reissue
- Language:
- English
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