The Gold Rush

NOTE: The 1/11 screening will take place in the Bartos Screening Room.

Dir. Charlie Chaplin. 1925, 72 mins. U.S. 35mm. With Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray. Chaplin’s sublimely funny and exquisitely made comedy is one of the unparalleled triumphs of silent cinema, an avalanche of groundbreaking effects, astonishing stunts, and humor made poetic. Here, Chaplin’s Little Tramp is a lone prospector who hikes it to the Klondike with a pickax and a frying pan, hoping to strike it rich and eventually finding romance with the splendid Georgia Hale. Inspired by Chaplin’s researching the Donner Party, and filmed over an arduous 17 months, The Gold Rush is a supreme cinematic example of the filmmaker’s effortless grace against all odds, and features one iconic set piece after another, from the boiled shoe supper to the dance of the dinner rolls to the precarious cabin tipping over the cliff’s edge. 

Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.