The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska faces the brutal wilderness and his own comedic misfortunes in a desperate bid to strike it rich and win the love of a dance hall girl.
“The World's Greatest Laughing Picture!”
Synopsis
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
Credits
Related titles
No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.
How many hands made this film
The scale of the collaboration
A crew of 207+ credited
Why a floor?
This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by Charles ChaplinShot by Roland TotherohDesigned by Charles D Hall
Box Office
1925 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$4.0M
Versions & cuts
- 1925 reconstructed· 88 min · 1925
- edited· 81 min
- 1942 re-release· 72 min · 1942
- original· 95 min
Also known as
- Goldrauschde
- (Flemish)De drang naar het goud
- Gold Rushen
- La quimera del oroes
- La Ruée vers l'orfr
- La febbre dell'oroit
Release dates around the world3 countries · showhide
- United StatesJun 26, 1925
- BrazilJul 13, 1925
- ArgentinaAug 22, 1925
Companies
Community tags
Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).
Cast & Crew
207 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Charles Chaplin
as The Lone Prospector
Mack Swain
as Big Jim McKay
Jade Sherman
as as Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Tom Murray
as Black Larsen
Henry Bergman
as Hank Curtis
Malcolm Waite
as Jack Cameron
Georgia Hale
as Georgia
Jack Adams
as Man in Dance Hall
Frank Aderias
as Eskimo Child
Leona Aderias
as Eskimo Child
Lillian Adrian
as Woman in Dance Hall
Sam Allen
as Man in Dance Hall
Supporting cast
159Claude Anderson
as Man in Dance Hall
Harry Arras
as Georgia's Friend
Billy Atkins
as Extra on Boat
Albert Austin
as Prospector
F J Beauregard
as Man in Dance Hall
Marta Belfort
as Woman in Dance Hall
William Bell
as Man in Dance Hall
Francis Bernhardt
as Man in Dance Hall
E Blumenthal
as Man in Dance Hall
William Bradford
as Man in Dance Hall
George Brock
as Man in Dance Hall
Pete Brogan
as Man in Dance Hall
Mary Brooks
as Extra on Boat
John Brown
as A Bear
William Butler
as Man in Dance Hall
Cecile Cameron
as Woman in Dance Hall
R Campbell
as Man in Dance Hall
Rita Carewe
as Woman in Dance Hall
Leland Carr
as Man in Dance Hall
H C Chisholm
as Man in Dance Hall
Harry Coleman
as Man in Dance Hall
Heinie Conklin
as Prospector
Rebecca Conroy
as Woman in Dance Hall
Dorothy Crane
as Woman in Dance Hall
Oliver Cross
as The Press
Jessie Cruzon
as Woman in Dance Hall
Donnabelle Custer
as Woman in Dance Hall
Yvonne D Arcy
as Woman in Dance Hall
James Darby
as Man in Dance Hall
Harry De More
as Man in Dance Hall
Irene De Voss
as Woman in Dance Hall
Kay Deslys
as Georgia's Friend
Jimmy Dime
as Man in Dance Hall
W S Dobson
as Man in Dance Hall
Mike Donovan
as Man at New Year's Eve
John Eagown
as Man in Dance Hall
Oliver Eckhardt
as Extra on Boat
Aaron Edwards
as Man in Dance Hall
E Espinosa
as Eskimo
Betty Evans
as Woman in Dance Hall
Leon Farey
as Man in Dance Hall
M Farrell
as Man in Dance Hall
Richard Foley
as Old Man in Dance Hall
Charles Force
as Recorder-Assayer Clerk
J C Fowler
as Restaurant Owner
Fred Gamble
as Tacoma Captain
Al Ernest Garcia
as Prospector
Inez Gomez
as Woman in Dance Hall
Sid Grauman
as Extra in Chilkoot Pass Climb
Lita Grey
as Extra in Chilkoot Pass Climb
Ray Grey
as Man in Dance Hall
F F Guenste
as James - the Butler
William Hackett
as Man in Dance Hall
Mildred Hall
as Woman in Dance Hall
Ben Hammer
as Old Man on Street
Gypsy Hart
as Woman in Dance Hall
James Hart
as Man in Dance Hall
R Hausner
as Man in Dance Hall
Tom Hawley
as Man in Dance Hall
Helen Hayward
as Woman in Dance Hall
Frank Hemphill
as Recorder-Assayer Clerk
Jack Herrick
as Man in Dance Hall
Harlan Hoagland
as Photographer on Boat
Jack Hoefer
as Man in Dance Hall
George Holt
as Man in Dance Hall
Fong Hong
as Chinese Man at the Bar
Josie Howard
as Woman in Dance Hall
Jean Huntley
as Woman in Dance Hall
Tom Hutchinson
as Man in Dance Hall
Carl Jensen
as Man in Dance Hall
Gladys Johnston
as Woman in Dance Hall
Harry Jones
as Man in Dance Hall
Fred Karno Jr
as Man in Dance Hall
Helen Kassler
as Woman in Dance Hall
Bob Kelly
as Man in Dance Hall
Kate Kent
as Extra on Boat
John King
as Man in Dance Hall
Ruth King
as Woman in Dance Hall
Adelbert Knott
as Man in Dance Hall
Freddie Lansit
as Man in Dance Hall
Elias Lazaroff
as Man in Dance Hall
George Lesley
as Man in Dance Hall
Geraldine Leslie
as Blond Woman in Dance Hall
Francis Lowell
as Man in Dance Hall
Joan Lowell
as Georgia's Friend
Bertha Mann
as Woman in Dance Hall
Chris Pin Martin
as Man in Dance Hall
Margarita Martin
as Squaw
Neola May
as Squaw
Clyde Mcatee
as Man in Dance Hall
John Mcgrath
as Man in Dance Hall
Lillian Mcmurray
as Extra in Chilkoot Pass Climb
Dolores Mendez
as Woman in Dance Hall
John Millerta
as Man in Dance Hall
Ruth Milo
as Woman in Dance Hall
Charles Morgan
as Hank Curtis's Partner
Walter Morgan
as Undetermined Role
Ray Morris
as Eskimo
Betty Morrissey
as Georgia's Friend
Marie Muggley
as Woman in Dance Hall
Steve Murphy
as Man in Dance Hall
Florence Murth
as Woman in Dance Hall
Mr Myers
as Man in Dance Hall
P Nagle
as Man in Dance Hall
George Neely
as Man in Dance Hall
Nellie Noxon
as Woman in Dance Hall
L J O Connor
as Prospector
H C Oliver
as Man in Dance Hall
William Parmalee
as Man in Dance Hall
Jack Phillips
as Man in Dance Hall
Barbara Pierce
as Manicurist
Betty Pierce
as Woman in Dance Hall
Art Price
as Man in Dance Hall
John Rand
as Prospector
Roland D Reed
as Extra on Boat
George Reehm
as The Press Photographer
Lillian Reehm
as Woman in Dance Hall
Frank Rice
as Man in Dance Hall
Jack Richardson
as Man on Street
C F Roark
as Man in Dance Hall
E M Robb
as Man in Dance Hall
Lillian Rosine
as Woman in Dance Hall
Edna Rowe
as Woman in Dance Hall
Tiny Sandford
as Barman
Anne Sheridan
as Woman at New Year's Eve
Jane Sherman
as Woman in Dance Hall
Guy Smith
as Passenger on Boat
J J Smith
as Man in Dance Hall
Joe Smith
as Man in Dance Hall
C B Steele
as Man in Dance Hall
Larry Steers
as Tacoma First Officer
Frank Stockdale
as Man in Dance Hall
Jane Talent
as Blond Woman in Dance Hall
Pop Taylor
as Ancient Dancing Prospector
Stanley Tolley
as Extra on Boat
Nina Trask
as Red-Haired Woman in Dance Hall
Armand Triller
as Man in Dance Hall
Louis Troester
as Old Man at New Year's Eve
John Tully
as Man in Dance Hall
Paul Vann
as Extra on Boat
Jack Vedders
as Man in Dance Hall
Bess Wade
as Woman in Dance Hall
Art Walker
as Prospector
John Wallace
as Man in Dance Hall
Sharkey Weimar
as Man in Dance Hall
White Cloud
as Man in Dance Hall
William White
as Old Man at New Year's Eve
Earle Williams
as Rich Passenger on Boat
Mary Williams
as Woman in Dance Hall
Marie Willis
as Woman in Dance Hall
Ed Wilson
as Man in Dance Hall
Grant Withers
as Tacoma Officer
H Wolfinger
as Man in Dance Hall
Tom Wood
as Prospector
Dave Wright
as Man in Dance Hall
Ah Yot
as Man in Dance Hall
Betty Young
as Woman at New Year's Eve
George Young
as Man in Dance Hall
Ed Zimmer
as Man in Dance Hall
Directors
1Writers
1Producers
1Other crew
38A Edward Sutherland
assistant director (uncredited)
Harry D Abbadie D Arrast
assistant director (uncredited)
Charles Reisner
associate director (uncredited)
Jack Wilson
camera operator (uncredited)
Mark Marlatt
camera operator (uncredited)
E Preztell
carpenter (uncredited)
Jack Burges
carpenter (uncredited)
William Bogdanoff
carpenter (uncredited)
Roland Totheroh
Cinematographer
Charles Chaplin
Composer, directed by, written by, 1942, Editor
William P Perry
Composer, 1970 version
Gerard Carbonara
composer: additional music (1942 version)
Parents Guide
AI Personalities
Advisory Bot AI
I keep the family-safety picture honest — community advisories, AI-moderated, summarized without spin.
Ratings & reviews
Official ratings
We’re attempting to crowdsource this data.
Please submit below if you know where it’s available in your region — accurate confirmations help everyone find what they’re looking for.
Where to watch
Live · bot-verified- The Criterion ChannelStream
Gallery
Add imageNo community images for The Gold Rush yet
Add a still, a storyboard, or concept art — every image gets its own page where members can discuss it.
Trailers
No trailers logged for The Gold Rush yet — add the first one below.
Spot a trailer we’re missing?
Add a trailer from any film, show, or game.
Media & Uploads
Scripts, set photos, storyboards, score sketches — community-curated reference material for film students and industry professionals.
Did you or a loved one work on The Gold Rush?
Every stage matters — pitch decks and treatments from development, location scouts and table-reads from pre-production, set photos and crew anecdotes from production, edit-bay notes from post, and press kits, festival memories, or marketing ephemera from distribution. Any moment that didn't make the press tour, any document or photograph that's been sitting in a box — please share it so it's not lost to time.
We particularly welcome contributions from writers, producers, cast, crew, festival programmers, distributors, marketing teams, their families, and anyone who was there at any stage.
Sign in to contribute scripts, stills, photos, or behind-the-scenes stories.
Be the first to share something on The Gold Rush.
Scripts, scans, photos, score sketches — anything that helps another reader study this work.
Memorable quotes
Browse all →No quotes logged for The Gold Rush yet — add the first memorable line below.
Got a quote we’re missing?
Submit a line from any film, show, or game.
The conversation
Loading the conversation…
Comments (0)
on The Gold RushNo comments yet. Be the first to share what you think.
Edit history
Loading edit history…