Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin's later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable.
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Variety Staff, Variety
The Gold Rush is a distinct triumph for Charlie Chaplin from both the artistic and commercial standpoints, and is a picture certain to create a veritable riot at theatre box offices.
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Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness.
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Glenn Abel, Hollywood Reporter
The Gold Rush has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other.
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Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
When it hit cinemas in the summer of 1925, the Berlin-premiere audience applauded Chaplin's 'dance of the dinner rolls' for so long that the film was rewound and replayed, while the BBC recorded 10 straight minutes of audience laughter at one screening.
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Cast
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Charles Chaplinas The Lone Prospector -
Georgia Haleas Georgia -
Mack Swainas Big Jim McKay
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Tom Murrayas Black Larson -
Henry Bergmanas Hank Curtis -
Malcolm Waiteas Jack Cameron
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