The Gold Rush

Basking in the success of his 1940 starrer The Great Dictator, Charles Chaplin decided in 1942 to revive one of his best silent films for a whole new audience. The film chosen was Charlie's 1925 classic The Gold Rush, which many observers had acclaimed his best-ever work. Removing the film's subtitles, Chaplin decked out the reissue prints with a musical score which he himself wrote, and a wry narration spoken by himself. Though the film was cut from its original 82-minute length to 72 minu...