The Gold Rush (1925)

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Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy, which he wrote, directed and starred in as the Lone Prospector, chasing his fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush.

It has three scenes everyone remembers: the Tramp cooking and eating his own boot, the dance of the bread rolls on forks, and a cabin wobbling on the edge of a cliff in a blizzard. It’s funny, sad and surprisingly tense.

Chaplin re-released it in 1942 with music and his own narration, and I think both versions are brilliant.

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Gold Rush

Same name and the same hunt for gold, nearly a hundred years apart. Chaplin's version has fewer track switches and a lot more boot-eating.

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