A five-day long film festival dedicated to Charlie Chaplin is being organised at Bharat Bhavan. Under the film fest movie The Gold Rush was screened on Wednesday.
The Gold Rush is a 1925 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film also stars Chaplin in his little Tramp persona, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, and Malcolm Waite.
The Gold Rush received Academy Award nominations for Best Music and Best Sound Recording upon its re-release in 1942. It is one of Chaplin's most celebrated works.
The story surrounds a prospector seeking shelter. While on a mission to find gold in Alaska, a prospector seeks shelter in a cabin during a fierce snowstorm. He is soon involved in an altercation with the two men already huddled inside.
Big Jim, a gold prospector during the Klondike Gold Rush, has just found an enormous gold deposit on his parcel of land when a blizzard strikes. The lone Prospector gets lost in the same blizzard while also prospecting for gold.
He stumbles into the cabin of Black larsen, a wanted criminal. larsen tries to throw him out when Jim also stumbles inside. larsen tries to scare both out using his shotgun but is overpowered by Jim, and the three agree to an uneasy truce where they all can stay in the cabin. After that various incidents take place and finally the film ends with a happy ending.
On Wednesday, various film enthusiasts and Charlie lovers were spotted at the Antarang Hall.