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Charles Chaplin.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Gold Rush
Also known as La Ruée vers l’or in France
(1925) United States of America
B&W : [?] Nine or Ten? reels / [?] 8498, 8555 or 9760? feet
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the lone prospector], Georgia Hale [Georgia], Mack Swain [Big Jim McKay], Tom Murray [Black Larsen], Henry Bergman [Hank Curtis], Malcolm Waite [Jack Cameron], Kay Deslys [Georgia’s friend], Joan Lowell [Georgia’s friend; a woman in the dance hall], Betty Morrissey [Georgia’s friend], Tiny Sandford [a barman], F.F. Guenste [James, the butler], Barbara Pierce [the manicurist], Larry Steers [the Tacoma first officer], L.J. O’Connor [an officer], Art Walker [an officer], John Brown [a bear], Pop Taylor [the ancient dancing prospector], Albert Austin [a prospector], Heinie Conklin [a prospector], Al Ernest Garcia (Allan Garcia) [a prospector], John Rand [a prospector], Tom Wood [a prospector], E. Espinosa [an Eskimo], Ray Morris [an Eskimo], Margarita Martín [a squaw], Neola May [a squaw], Frank Aderias [an Eskimo child], Leona Aderias [an Eskimo child], Jack Adams [a man in the dance hall], Lillian Adrian [a woman in the dance hall], Sam Allen [a man in the dance hall], Claude Anderson [a man in the dance hall], Harry Arras [a man in the dance hall], F.J. Beauregard [a man in the dance hall], Marta Belfort [a woman in the dance hall], William Bell [a man in the dance hall], Francis Bernhardt [a man in the dance hall], E. Blumenthal [a man in the dance hall], William Bradford [a man in the dance hall], George Brock [a man in the dance hall], Pete Brogan [a man in the dance hall], William Butler [a man in the dance hall], Cecile Cameron [a woman in the dance hall], R. Campbell [a man in the dance hall], Leland Carr [a man in the dance hall], H.C. Chisholm [a man in the dance hall], Harry Coleman [a man in the dance hall], Rebecca Conroy [a woman in the dance hall], Dorothy Crane [a woman in the dance hall], Donnabelle Custer [a woman in the dance hall], James Darby [a man in the dance hall], Harry De More [a man in the dance hall], Jimmy Dime [a man in the dance hall], W.S. Dobson [a man in the dance hall], John Eagown [a man in the dance hall], Aaron Edwards [a man in the dance hall], Leon Farey [a man in the dance hall], M. Farrell [a man in the dance hall], Richard Foley [a man in the dance hall], Charles Force [a man in the dance hall], J.C. Fowler [a man in the dance hall], Inez Gomez [a woman in the dance hall], Ray Grey [a man in the dance hall], William Hackett [a man in the dance hall], Mildred Hall [a woman in the dance hall], Ben Hammer [a man in the dance hall], Gypsy Hart [a woman in the dance hall], James Hart [a man in the dance hall], R. Hausner [a man in the dance hall], Tom Hawley [a man in the dance hall], Helen Hayward [a woman in the dance hall], Jack Herrick [a man in the dance hall], Jack Hoefer [a man in the dance hall], George Holt [a man in the dance hall], Josie Howard [a woman in the dance hall], Jean Huntley [a woman in the dance hall], Tom Hutchinson [a man in the dance hall], Carl Jensen [a man in the dance hall], Gladys Johnston [a woman in the dance hall], Harry Jones [a man in the dance hall], Fred Karno Jr. [a man in the dance hall], Helen Kassler [a woman in the dance hall], Bob Kelly [a man in the dance hall], John King [a man in the dance hall], Freddie Lansit [a man in the dance hall], Elias Lazaroff [a man in the dance hall], George Lesley [a man in the dance hall], Geraldine Leslie [a woman in the dance hall], Francis Lowell [a man in the dance hall], Chris-Pin Martin [a man in the dance hall], Clyde McAtee [a man in the dance hall], John McGrath [a man in the dance hall], John Millerta [a man in the dance hall], Ruth Milo [a woman in the dance hall], Marie Muggley [a woman in the dance hall], Steve Murphy [a man in the dance hall], Florence Murth [a woman in the dance hall], Mr. Myers [a man in the dance hall], Dolores Méndez [a woman in the dance hall], P. Nagle [a man in the dance hall], George Neely [a man in the dance hall], Nellie Noxon [a woman in the dance hall], H.C. Oliver [a man in the dance hall], William Parmalee [a man in the dance hall], Jack Phillips [a man in the dance hall], Betty Pierce [a woman in the dance hall], Art Price [a man in the dance hall], Lillian Reehm [a woman in the dance hall], Frank Rice [a man in the dance hall], C.F. Roark [a man in the dance hall], E.M. Robb [a man in the dance hall], Lillian Rosine [a woman in the dance hall], Edna Rowe [a woman in the dance hall], Jane Sherman [a woman in the dance hall], J.J. Smith [a man in the dance hall], Joe Smith [a man in the dance hall], C.B. Steele [a man in the dance hall], Frank Stockdale [a man in the dance hall], Nina Trask [a woman in the dance hall], Armand Triller [a man in the dance hall], John Tully [a man in the dance hall], Jack Vedders [a man in the dance hall], Bess Wade [a woman in the dance hall], John Wallace [a man in the dance hall], Sharkey Weimar [a man in the dance hall], White Cloud [a man in the dance hall], Mary Williams [a woman in the dance hall], Marie Willis [a woman in the dance hall], Ed Wilson [a man in the dance hall], H. Wolfinger [a man in the dance hall], Dave Wright [a man in the dance hall], Ah Yot [a man in the dance hall], George Young [a man in the dance hall], Ed Zimmer [a man in the dance hall], Sid Grauman [an extra in the Chilkoot Pass climb], Lita Grey [an extra in the Chilkoot Pass climb], Lillian McMurray [an extra in the Chilkoot Pass climb]
Charles Chaplin Productions production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Production management by Alf Reeves. Associate director, Charles Riesner. Assistant directors, Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast (Henri d’Abbadie d’Arrast) and Edward Sutherland (Eddie Sutherland). Technical direction by Charles D Hall. Bear wrangler, Bud White. Script supervisor, Della Steele. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh. Camera assistant and operator, Jack Wilson. Camera operator, Mark Marlatt. Editorial supervision by Edward Manson. / © 16 August 1925 by Charles Chaplin Productions [LP21805]. Previewed 26 June 1925 at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Premiered 16 August 1925 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York, New York. General release, 16 August 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Lucky Strike. The film’s production was completed on 21 May 1925. The film’s copyrighted length was ten reels. Sneak preview at Grauman’s Egyptian at 94 minutes, after which Chaplin tightened up the editing, taking out 1262 feet of the the original 9760 feet (nine reels). [?] FilmYearBook-1926 p. 41 lists a length of 8600 feet; AFI-F2 n. F2.2162 and Paris-Brooks p. 104 lists the length as 8555 feet. The film was rereleased in 1942 with synchronized music and narration by Charles Chaplin. Sound reissue ran 72 minutes, with some new footage added. European prints exist that contain alternate takes to the US version.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2. 2162.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Estate of Charles Chaplin film collection [35mm negative, 35mm positive]; and in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Bears, Dogs - Dance halls - History: USA: Klondike Gold Rush - Miners - Mining towns - Prospectors - Rags-to-Riches - Snow - USA: California: Truckee - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 27 April 2025.
References: Film credits; film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.2162; Bardèche-History pp. 81, 122, 125, 179, 210, 216, 217, 291, 294, 295-296, 297, 331; Bohn-Light pp. xxiii, 99-100; Brownlow-Parade pp. 358, 439, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502; Card-Seductive p. 52; Dardis-Keaton pp. 46, 96, 105, 121, 126, 128, 136, 138; Edmonds-BigU p. 91; Everson-American pp. 266, 270, 310a; Fell-History pp. 97, 99; FilmYearBook-1926 pp. 13, 31, 41; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 81, 82, 82d, 84-85, 87-89, 92, 94, 99, 136; Kael-Kiss p. 273; Kerr-Silent pp. 8, 37, 81, 97, 126, 163, 177, 246, 247, 250-253, 257, 314, 338, 339, 343, 345; Lahue-Kops p. 80; Lahue-World pp. 147, 149; Leish-Cinema p. 61; Limbacher-Feature p. 95; Maltin-Classic p. 259; McCaffrey-Guide p. 14h; McGhee-Wayne pp. 289, 290, 291; Paris-Brooks pp. 3, 104, 110, 148; Poague-Capra p. 34; Sarris-Sternberg p. 11; Schelly-Langdon pp. 11, 66; Sinyard-Silent pp. 96, 107, 108, 188; Sklar-Movie pp. 87, 110, 113, 114, 204; Smith-Colman p. 112; Sweeney-Coming pp. 78, 90; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 110-113; Weinberg-Stroheim p. 138 : ClasIm-220 p. C8; ClasIm-204 p. 42 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Pickford.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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