The Gold Rush
1925, NR, 82 min. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Starring Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., Jan. 13, 2000
Those classic scenes of Chaplin eating his shoe and a storm-blown cabin teetering over the cliff belong to none other than The Gold Rush, one of Chaplin’s sweetest and most humble movies.
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The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain
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