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Cal York, Photoplay, New York, September 1925.

The Gold Rush Set on Location, Chaplin For The Ages

& Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Jr.,

Lita Grey Chaplin

& Back from a „hunting“ trip to Europe

– Samuel Goldwyn, who has been in Germany, France and

England several weeks, seeking a new leading man

for Vilma Banky and a new leading woman for Ronald Colman.

He is shown on his return with Mrs. Goldwyn

(the former Frances Howard), who accompanied him.

(...) Photo, Exhibitors Herald and

Moving Picture World, April 28, 1928

& Cal York

(...) Photoplay, March 1934, detail

„Minus his wife and baby of course“

Editorial content. „Studio News & Gossip East and West

      By Cal York“ (...)

      „IT is an awful thing for a writer to admit that he has

almost run out of adjectives. I haven‘t got there yet, but if they

have many more of these Hollywood openings I soon shall.

      I said Gloria‘s was the most emotional and Marion

Davies‘ the most buoyant and entertaining, and now I can

only say that Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush was

the most distinguished.

      The long-awaited Charlie Chaplin masterpiece

was received by Charlie‘s confreres as no other picture

has ever been.

      Of course no theater can stage such an opening

as Grauman‘s Hollywood Egyptian Theater. It is

the heart of Hollywood and its open court, spacious lobby

and air of grandeur cannot be equalled.

      And then Sid Grauman stands alone as a showman.

      On the occasion of The Gold Rush he excelled

himself. The prologue was as beautiful as anything I have ever

seen in the Music Box or the Follies.

      FIRST as a novelty feature on the evening of the opening

was presented a few reels of films which the stars

had ,dashed off‘ for this special moment. Each episode had

to do with the opening of the Gold Rush and showed

the greatest celebrities of the screen in their lightest moments.

      Mary and Doug did a little sketch full of Doug‘s

well known tricks. John Barrymore brought down the house

by doing a little stunt which included all the best

known ,actor devices,‘ and Norma and Constance Talmadge

and Buster Collier did a charming satire which might

be entitled The Missing Tickets.

      THE audience was composed of the greatest possible

number of celebrities. Charlie had in his party Mary

Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, the Duchess of Sutherland,

Elinor Glyn, Marion Davies, John Barrymore, Mrs.

Charlotte Pickford and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goldwyn. Gloria

Swanson and her husband, the Marquis de la Falaise,

had a party of friends. Norma  and Constance Talmadge

were with their mother, Mrs. Margaret Talmadge, and

Eugene O‘Brien and Buster Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Harold

Lloyd and Mr. and Mrs. Earle Williams were in one

party. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Niblo, Miss Catherine Bennett,

and Mr. John Considine were another party. Ricardo

Cortez, Alma Rubens, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B. Flynn (Viola

Dana), Priscilla Dean, attended by her usual bodyguard

of aviation heroes, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil De Mille, Leatrice Joy,

Richard Dix, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas MacLean, Mr. and

Mrs. Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian – it‘s impossible

to remember everyone that was there.

      CHARLIE CHAPLIN has had his baby at last.

      Pardon! What we mean is that a baby son – a new crown

prince of filmdom – has been born to Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Spencer Chaplin.

      According to the press Charlie threw his hat – not the old

derby of picture fame but his best, brand new straw

hat – into the air, let out a wild hooray and immediately left

for New York and a European trip – minus his wife

and baby of course.

      The Chaplin heir arrived the day following the opening

of his new picture, The Gold Rush, at Grauman‘s

Egyptian theater, and altogether it was a big weekend for

the little comedian.“ (...) 

     „IN honor of Charlie Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goldwyn

gave a marvelous supper party immediately after the opening of

The Gold Rush.

      I was the first time Mrs. Goldwyn who was Frances

Howard, had entertained in her new home and she made

a great hit. She looked adorable in a white frock with

her short, curly hair caught about a silver ribbon. A charming

new hostess in the Goldwyn mansion on the hill is a great

asset to the colony, for Sam likes to entertain.“  (...)

      Charles Chaplin, jr., is born May 5, 1925.

      The Gold Rush opens June 26, 1925

      at Grauman‘s Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Bld., Los Angeles.

      The Gold Rush opens August 15, 1925

      at Strand Theatre, B‘way at 47th St., New York.

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