DFT to screen Charlie Chaplin's silent classic 'The Gold Rush'

With “The Artist” rekindling interest in silent films, the Detroit Film Theatre is scheduling two weekends' worth of screenings of Charlie Chaplin's “The Gold Rush” ( * * * *). Often hailed as a silent masterpiece, the feature-length comedy from 1925 features Chaplin's Little Tramp as an Alaska prospector who falls for a dance hall girl (Georgia Hale)....

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