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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

THE GOLD RUSH (1925) "Charlie Chaplin"


Starring Charlie Chaplin
Family/comedy - A prospector travels to Alaska in search of gold.

The 1925 movie "The Gold Rush" was Chaplin's 3rd full length movie and earned a total of 2 Oscar nominations.
Also starring Mack Swain, Tom Murray and Georgia Hale.
"The Gold Rush is the story of a prospector who travels to Alaska in search of gold. But when he ends up in an isolated cabin with 2 rough, tough prospectors - lots of laughs follow.

Production Notes

In the scene where Charlie's character is so hungry that he cooks and eats a shoe - the prop shoe was made of licorice.
The 2,500 men playing prospectors were actually vagrants who were working in the film for a day's pay.
Actress Carole Lombard actually tested for the film's female lead.
The "dancing rolls" scene was so popular that theater projectionists would stop the movie, back up the film and re-run the scene.




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