rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1925
Directed by Charles Chaplin; produced by Charles Chaplin; written by Charles Chaplin
Starring Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite, Georgia Hale
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
One of the great Chaplin films is 'The Gold Rush' and although it is not his
best it contains one of the best known Chaplin-sequences. The sequence with
the dancing rolls is one of the best I have seen in any Chaplin, whether it
is a feature film or a two-reeler. For me this alone makes 'The Gold Rush'
worth watching.
There are other great moments in this story where Chaplin is the Lone
Prospector who falls in love with a girl named Georgia (Georgia Hale). When
Chaplin has to find some gold (the movie isn't name 'The Gold Rush' for
nothing) together with Hank (Henry Bergman) they stay in a cottage in the
mountains. The sequence with this cottage after a blizzard is another that
belongs to the greatest sequences in a Chaplin movie.
Of course we know from the start how things will end with the girl and the
gold but the way that leads to that point is a nice one. Personally I think
it is not great all the time, some sequences make it great, and sometimes
even a little too simple. Because of the sequences described above (and some
others) and because of the artist that Chaplin is this still belongs to the
better silent movies I have seen.