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Los Angeles Evening Express, L. A., Cal., June 27, 1925.
A Premier unparalleled
NEVER before such a gathering of the screen
notables as came to pay homage last night to the genius
of the world‘s master comedian
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
in „The GOLD RUSH“
his mammoth 10 part spectacle of the Alaskan pilgrimage
in which are blended every component element
of human drama, exquisite comedy, flaring romance
and the grim tragedy of the ruthless north“ (...)
GRAUMAN‘S EGYPTIAN
Hollywood
(...) Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1925
& CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN „THE
GOLD RUSH“ – GRAUMAN‘S EGYPTIAN.
(...) Photo, Los Angeles Evening Express, June 27, 1925
„A huge gathering of human derelicts was assembled“
Editorial content. „CAMERA GRABS
RARE PANORAMA
What has been pronounced by experts as one of the
most extraordinary panoramas ever filmed is the
spectacle of the famed Chilkoot pass, famed gateway
to the Klondike gold fields, in The Gold Rush,
Charlie Chaplin‘s comedy drama, which is being presented
by Sid Grauman in Grauman‘s Egyptian Theater.
Grauman introduces the film with a 10-act prologue
spectacle of Alaska in the days of the Klondike
rush.
The reproduction of the pass was made at an elevation
of 9850 feet near the summit of the high Sierras
and cost Chaplin more than $50,000 to film. The locals
was near the crest of Mount Lincoln, far above
timber line.
Professional ski jumpers were hired to cut a pathway
2300 feet long through the deeply banked snow,
the ascent rising to a height of 100 feet above a narrow basin
known as the ,Sugar Bowl,‘ where rude camps of the
prospectors were constructed.
To reach the locale a trail had to be broken nine miles
from the railroad through an immense fir forest
to provide a roadway for the vast amount of material
used in filming the majestic scene.
Chaplin called upon the Southern Pacific Railroad
to round up 2500 men to portray the goldseekers‘
rush for the Klondike. Bearing their packs on their backs,
a huge gathering of human derelicts was assembled,
representing beggary on a holiday.“
The Gold Rush opens June 26, 1925
at Grauman‘s Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Bld., Los Angeles.
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