Review of The Gold Rush (1925) by Ivan M — 03 May 2012

Comedy, certainly of the silent era, is at it's very best in this lively and witty classic from the great Charlie Chaplin. The grand comedy evokes an ensemble of feelings at different points in the story; the side-splittingly funny sequences throughout, scenes that can bring a tear to your eye, the sweet and romantic moments between Chaplin's 'Lone Prospector' and Georgia Hale, aswell as scenes such as the house dangling off the cliff which while being extremely funny also provide us with genuine suspense, all of this adding up to one of the great comic experiences in cinema.