The Gold Rush (1925)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 95 minuten / 72 minuten (re-release)
Country:
United States
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain and Tom Murray
IMDb score:
8,1 (127.624)
Releasedate: 12 July 1925
The Gold Rush plot
"The World's Greatest Laughing Picture!"
A lone prospector (Charlie Chaplin) travels to Alaska in search of gold. He gets involved with some other prospectors, and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his charms.
Actors and actresses
The Lone Prospector
Georgia
Big Jim McKay
Black Larsen
Hank Curtis
Jack Cameron
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Reviews & comments
Sergio Leone
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- 4430 messages
- 3110 votes
Not my thing.
Charles Chaplin may never please me. I don't really see the charm in it. Chaplin himself is actually the biggest problem with that: I don't like him and then of course it stops quickly.
The first part still appealed to me somewhat, perhaps because I find the setting in itself interesting. The somewhat more romantic second part, on the other hand, could be stolen from me.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
Chaplin's growth as a filmmaker continues in this ambitious comedy drama in which he travels as a prospector to Klondike Mountain and befriends Big Jim McKay [Mack Swain] who can't remember where he found his gold mine and falls in love with Georgia [Georgia Hale ], who initially only uses it to make Jack [Malcolm Waite] jealous. The first visual joke – with a real bear – is brilliant, and it only gets better. Classic moments like eating the shoe, Big Jim's hallucinations, the hut balancing on a precipice, not to mention the legendary 'Dance of the Rolls', but this is a delight from start to finish. Re-released in 1942 with the intertitles replaced by Chaplin's own commentary. Both versions are available, but for continuity I prefer the later version.
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De filosoof
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- 2487 messages
- 1698 votes
I think this is Chaplin's film we remember the most: he plays the well-known hobo type, we see individuals struggling in grotesque hardship for their existence and dignity, there is romance where the girl eventually falls for the poor, unattractive slob and the film is full of Chaplin's signature jokes and slapstick. The film is good and always funny – sometimes leaning towards the bland but often hilarious – but for me it lacks the real genius of Chaplin: in that respect the film lacks the originality and overwhelming charm of The Kid and the depth of its character. n best movies.
Incidentally, I have seen the 1942 version, which has been abbreviated but above all is provided with music and spoken text (again composed and recorded by Chaplin himself, of course).
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