Essentially, the films or Charlie Chaplin are live-action cartoons. Perhaps a more accurate statement would be: many cartoons are essentially hand-drawn imitations of Chaplin films. The Gold Rush offers Chaplin at his most cartoon-like. Strangely, a plot summary will probably sound terribly depressing. The lone prospector travels to the frozen Klondike in search of striking gold. He battles against bitter cold and such severe starvation that he is forced to eat his own shoe to stave off hunger. At a nearby dance hall, he faces constant cruelty from a woman he adores, her group of friends, and her bully of a boyfriend. He also faces severe danger from a homicidal miner a ferocious black bear, and his own mad companion who nearly resorts to cannibalism. The film somehow manages to remain an extremely light-hearted comedy throughout all of these events.
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