The Gold Rush

1925

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Western

95
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 54 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 118085 118.1K

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Plot summary

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.


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March 02, 2022 at 02:28 PM

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Charles Chaplin as The Lone Prospector
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 8 / 10

I definitely prefer the 1925 release over the 1942 one...

... in which Chaplin tried to modernize The Gold Rush by taking out the title cards, adding narration which he himself did, changing the music, and deleting some scenes. It isn't bad since Chaplin himself redid it, but I just prefer the original.

It isn't as funny as The Kid, not as heartbreaking as City Lights, and it doesn't have the social commentary of Modern Times. Instead it has a little bit of everything plus lots of atmosphere AND it takes Chaplin's Little Tramp out of some anonymous urban environment and lands him in a very specific place and time - the Klondike gold rush of the late 1890s. I could feel the biting cold, the hunger, the loneliness. And in spite of this being set in the 1890s and seeming quite authentic to its setting, this film has a very modern feel to it, almost timeless.

Chaplin's "little fellow" is introduced as a lone prospector. We never see him doing any prospecting, but it is later mentioned that he is not very successful at it and gives it up. The first part of the film has the little fellow waiting out a blizzard in a cabin with a wanted criminal in addition to a fellow prospector. The second part has Chaplin's character traveling to a Klondike boom town, watching a cabin for a more successful prospector, and falling in love with a dance hall girl who thinks his crush is just a big joke, at least at first.

I don't think it was Chaplin's best silent film, but it does manage to do all aspects of the production very well and I can see why some people would judge it as his best. And if that was Chaplin in that chicken suit, all I can say is that he had the motions of a chicken down pat. To know what I'm talking about, watch and find out.

Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 10 / 10

A golden treasure

I love Charlie Chaplin and I love his films. As much as I love The Tramp(his most touching), City Lights(my personal favourite of his movies), Modern Times(has my favourite soundtrack of all the Charlie Chaplin movies, love Smile), Limelight(a beautiful film) and The Great Dictator(love the speech at the end), The Gold Rush is one of his more light-hearted films.

The Gold Rush looks very nice, with lovely cinematography, sets and costumes. The story is simple, but really well-done, fast-paced and involving, while the direction is very fine. The performances are first-rate, Georgia Hale is beautiful and contemptuous but it is Chaplin's performance that holds The Gold Rush together. But I cannot not mention the comedy, there are so many wonderful moments that are well and truly hysterical including the opening sequence, the dance of the bread rolls, Chaplin and his companion hallucinating(the companion hallucinating that Chaplin is a very edible chicken), the way Chaplin ate the shoe leather, Chaplin dancing with the dog tied to his belt and the final scene in the cabin on the cliff.

Overall, a golden treasure from a comedy genius. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 10 / 10

Classic Chaplin Gold

It's the Great Gold Rush in Alaska. The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) is a lone prospector followed by a bear going up the mountain. Big Jim McKay (Mack Swain) has staked out a lucky claim. In a blinding snow storm, Chaplin takes shelter in a cabin where fugitive Black Larsen (Tom Murray) is hiding. Big Jim also finds shelter in the cabin. As time goes by, things gets harder and harder. Black Larsen goes off, kills some people and discovers Big Jim's secret claim. Big Jim gets back and is hit with a shovel by Larsen. Big Jim wonders off with amnesia while Larsen falls off a cliff. Chaplin arrives in town and abandons gold mining. He finds the beautiful Georgia in the Monte Carlo dance hall. She ignore him until she needs him to help avoid a brutish customer. Hank Curtis is a good Samaritan who helps Chaplin in his time of need. While Hank is away, Chaplin is given the cabin. Georgia agrees to a New Year's Eve dinner as a cruel joke on the Tramp. Big Jim arrives in town but he's forgotten the way to his claim. He needs the Tramp's help to find his way back to the cabin.

The scenes in the cabin are hilarious, iconic and full of life. It's slapstick classics. There're the shoe eating, the dancing rolls, and the cabin. The Tramp is charming in this and the shoe eating scene is the best example of that. The tilting cabin and the wind blown cabin are great physical comedy scenes. One can't help but love the Tramp and Big Jim. The romance is the weak point. Georgia needs to show more care with her dealings with the Tramp. It would have been better if the joke was played by one of her friends instead. At least, she redeems herself in the end.

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