The Gold Rush

1925 film directed by Charlie Chaplin

The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent movie. It was written, directed, and produced by Charlie Chaplin. He stars in the movie, too. The movie is set in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Chaplin plays the Little Tramp. It was a character he created. The Little Tramp appeared in many Chaplin movies. In this movie, the Little Tramp has many adventures with other prospectors. He falls in love with a saloon girl. Critics liked the movie. One critic wrote, "Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness. It is the outstanding gem of all Chaplin's pictures, as it has more thought and originality than even such masterpieces of mirth as The Kid and Shoulder Arms."[1] In 1992 The Gold Rush was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Chaplin hoped that people would remember him for this movie.[2]

Chaplin as the Little Tramp
The Gold Rush

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  1. Mordaunt Hall (17 August 1925). "Gold Rush". New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Swedish version. p. 60. ISBN 978-91-46-21330-7.

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