The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Charlie Chaplin
The Lone Prospector
Mack Swain
Big Jim McKay
Tom Murray
Black Larsen
Henry Bergman
Hank Curtis
Malcolm Waite
Jack Cameron
Harry Arras
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Georgia Hale
Georgia
James Dime
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Jack Adams
Man in Dance Hall
Charles Force
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
J. C. Fowler
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Ray Grey
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
William Hackett
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Jack Herrick
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
George Holt
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
William P. Perry
Composer
Clyde McAtee
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Roland Totheroh
Cinematographer
Steve Murphy
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Frank Rice
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Joe Smith
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
John Wallace
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Albert Austin
Prospector (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Prospector (uncredited)
Al Ernest Garcia
Prospector (uncredited)
John Rand
Prospector (uncredited)
Tom Wood
Prospector (uncredited)
Kay Deslys
Georgia's Friend (uncredited)
Joan Lowell
Georgia's Friend (uncredited)
Betty Morrissey
Georgia's Friend (uncredited)
Inez Gomez
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Helen Hayward
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Betty Pierce
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Jane Sherman
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Mary Williams
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Sid Grauman
Extra in Chilkoot Pass Climb (uncredited)
Lita Grey
Extra in Chilkoot Pass Climb (uncredited)
Margarita Martín
Squaw (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 12, 1925
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Budget$923,000
Box Office$4,000,000
Filming LocationsColorado, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Gold Rush is a 1925 American silent comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film also stars Chaplin in his Little Tramp persona, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, and Malcolm Waite.
Chaplin drew inspiration from photographs of the Klondike Gold Rush as well as from the story of the Donner Party who, when snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, were driven to cannibalism or eating leather from their shoes. Chaplin, who believed tragedies and comics were not far from each other, decided to combine these stories of deprivation and horror in comedy. He decided that his famous rogue figure should become a gold-digger who joins a brave optimist determined to face all the pitfalls associated with the search for gold, such as sickness, hunger, cold, loneliness, or the possibility that he may at any time be attacked by a grizzly. In the film, scenes like Chaplin cooking and dreaming of his shoe, or how his starving friend Big Jim sees him as a chicken could be seen.
The Gold Rush was critically acclaimed upon its release, and continues to be one of Chaplin's most celebrated works; Chaplin himself cited it several times as the film for which he most wanted to be remembered. In 1942, Chaplin re-released a version with sound effects, music, and narration, which received Academy Award nominations for Best Music Score and Best Sound Recording. In 1958, the film was voted number 2 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo, by a margin of only 5 votes behind Battleship Potemkin. In 1992, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In 1953, the original 1925 version of the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.