Includes the 1925 (88 min.) and 1942 (72 min.) versions, both on disc 1. Special features: Disc 1. new audio commentary for the 1925 verion by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance. Disc 2. 3 featurettes: "The gold rush"; "a time of innoviation: visual effect in The gold rush"; Music by Charles Chaplin; the short documentary Chaplin today: "The Gold Rush" (2002); four trailers. Narration, Charles Chaplin. Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite, Georgia Hale.
Summary:
Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.
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