The Gold Rush (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

The first feature-length comedy by Charlie Chaplin (MODERN TIMES)-which charts a hapless prospectors search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale)- forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and his Little Tramp character. Shot partly on location in the Sierra Nevada's and featuring such timeless gags as Chaplin's dance of the dinner rolls and meal of boiled shoe leather, THE GOLD RUSH is an indelible work of nonstop hilarity. This special edition features both Chaplin's definitive 1942 version, for which the director added new music and narration, and a new restoration of the original silent 1925 film.

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale, Malcolm Waite, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Heinie Conklin, Tiny Sandford, Albert Austin, Allan Garcia, Barbara Pierce, Ben R. Hart, Betty Pierce, Cecile Cameron, Chris-Pin Martin, Frank Rice, George Brock, George Holt, Geraldine Leslie, Harry Arras, Harry Jones, Inez Gomez, J.C. Fowler, Jack Adams, Jack Herrick, Jane Sherman, Joan Lowell, Joe Smith, John King, John McGrath, John Millerta, John Rand, John Tully, John Wallace, Kay Desleys, Leland Carr, Margaret Martin, Sam Allen, Tom Wood, William Bell, William Bradford, William Butler, Betty Morrissey

Director: Charles Chaplin