The Gold Rush
Live musical accompaniment by Timothy Brock conducting the SF Conservatory of Music Orchestra
Charlie Chaplin’s whimsical take on the deprivations of the Yukon gold rush has lost none of its original appeal in the hundred years since its premiere. It was called “the funniest picture made since the movies began” by the San Francisco Examiner back in the day and contains some of silent cinema’s most recognizable sequences—the climb over Chilkoot Pass, the feast of boots, and the Oceana Roll Dance. It was also proof a comedy could be epic.
Live musical accompaniment by Timothy Brock conducting the SF Conservatory of Music Orchestra
A specialist in orchestral music from the 1920s and ’30s, conductor and composer Timothy Brock has been responsible for the restoration of several landmark silent-era scores, including Dmitri Shostakovich’s New Babylon to George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique. In 1998 the Chaplin estate commissioned Brock to restore Chaplin’s original score for Modern Times and he has since restored twelve Chaplin-penned scores for his silent features and shorts, including The Gold Rush. Brock is a prolific concert composer in his own right and has also written original scores for silent films as varied as Prix de Beauté and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Over the past century, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music has become a vibrant world-class conservatory providing a well-rounded curriculum that seeks to break down barriers between the intellectual, artistic, professional, and individual, helping musicians to achieve their best possible selves.
Details
Director
Charles Chaplin
Country
United States
Year
1925
Cast
Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale
Runtime
88 min.
Source
Chaplin Office, Paris
Format
DCP