Almost 100 years ago, Charlie Chaplin released one of his most iconic works, The Gold Rush. But unless you saw the movie ...

Charlie Chaplin was already an ... Food, and its absence, are rarely far from mind in “The Gold Rush,” and hunger is a chief source of the movie’s considerable pathos. Unlike most silent-film masters, ...

Huge draw - Southend was packed with thrills and attractions, which young Charlie Chaplin discovered during a day trip to the seaside (Image: Newsquest) ...

At 95 minutes, “The Gold Rush” was the longest comedy film to date. It riffs on, of all tragic things, the Donner Party, ...

And, as Charlie Chaplin understood and helped millions to understand, comedy and tragedy. Cinema was about a quarter of a century old when Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” premiered June 26, 1925.

The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and ...

The actor-director, a master of silent cinema, reached a new level of artistry with this 100-year-old comedy, which wrings humor from the most serious of subjects—starvation.

The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and ...