
City Lights(1931)
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.


“The World's Greatest Laughing Picture!”
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Charlie Chaplin
The Lone Prospector

Mack Swain
Big Jim McKay

Tom Murray
Black Larsen

Henry Bergman
Hank Curtis

Malcolm Waite
Jack Cameron

Georgia Hale
Georgia
Jack Adams
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Frank Aderias
Eskimo Child (uncredited)
Leona Aderias
Eskimo Child (uncredited)
Lillian Adrian
Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
The Gold Rush is a adventure, comedy, drama film released in 1925 exploring themes of dance, worker, gold, river, thanksgiving, gold rush. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, it stars Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray. A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
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