The Gold Rush: BFI Film Classics (Paperback)

Matthew Solomon's in-depth study of Charlie Chaplin's comedy-Western 

Matthew Solomon's study of Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film's production and reception history, placing it in the context of the turn-of-the-century Alaska Klondike gold rush, and analyses the film's narrative and formal features, particularly its references to music-hall performance styles and tropes.