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The Gold Rush (1925)
In this comedy, the Little Tramp (Charles Chaplin) heads north to join in the Klondike gold rush. But he gets even more by getting mixed up with some burly characters and falling in love with the beautiful Georgia.
13 December 1882, Birmingham, England, UK
26 February 1894, Osage, Iowa, USA
December 19, 1897 in Yugoslavia
8 September 1874, Stonefoot, Illinois, USA
19 November 1893, Tucson, Arizona, USA
7 May 1892, Menominee, Michigan, USA
November 9, 1900 in Virginia, Nebraska, USA
16 February 1876, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
24 June 1905, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
September 14, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
January 3, 1916
24 August 1869, Spennymoore, England UK
September 04, 2012
It shows Chaplin mixing slapstick with heartbreak like nobody else could. It's plotted in an episodic fashion, but each piece of the puzzle is also a memorable, entertaining bit in and of itself.
July 13, 2012
No one can mix slapstick and sentimentality quite like Chaplin.
September 14, 2012
The result is a sight for sore eyes, for old-style Chaplin fans and novitiates alike.
June 17, 2012
Emotionally robust and genuinely hilarious in ways that transcend time and culture, it balances the witty and the sentimental and still finds plenty of room to inject the moments of underdog social commentary that were so crucial to Chaplin's worldview.
June 27, 2007
The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin's later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable.
January 23, 2013
I prophesied that Chaplin, with his finer comedy and his less spectacular farce, would not be able to hold his popularity against it. What has happened is precisely the reverse of what I predicted.
June 27, 2007
The Gold Rush is a distinct triumph for Charlie Chaplin from both the artistic and commercial standpoints, and is a picture certain to create a veritable riot at theatre box offices.
October 11, 2010
Eighty-five years young, "The Gold Rush" is still an effective tear-jerker.
July 20, 2012
"The Gold Rush" is wonderfully charming. The comedic bits are both memorable and humorous, the score is exquisite, and it looks pretty darn great for being as old as it is. It's timeless in the sense that it'll be enjoyable now and 100 years from now.
May 10, 2012
When it hit cinemas in the summer of 1925, the Berlin-premiere audience applauded Chaplin's 'dance of the dinner rolls' for so long that the film was rewound and replayed, while the BBC recorded 10 straight minutes of audience laughter at one screening.
July 29, 2013
Chaplin is the apotheosis of the world's despised and downtrodden, and also their hope; he heralds a revolution in anarchic beauty.
June 22, 2012
Even with its (likely dictated) propaganda on behalf of the now-superfluous 1942 edition, this set restores a high watermark in cinematic comedy to nearly full glory.
