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The Gold Rush Clippings 254/363
Cal York, Photoplay, New York, September 1925.
Charles Chaplin, standing on chair, discussing his compositions
for his film „The Gold Rush“ with the California-Brunswick
Orchestra, around 1925, Everett Collection (in Michael Cooper,
Silent Star Gets Full Orchestration, Tribute to Charlie
Chaplin, the Composer, New York Times, Sept. 18, 2014)
& Here you see Charlie Chaplin riding his hobby as
hard as he can. He really wanted to be the conductor of
a great symphony orchestra, but Fate said: „Charlie,
your feet will shuffle you into fame a lot quicker than your arms
can, brandishing a baton.“
(...) Photo, Motion Picture, Sept. 1925
& Marion Davies
Who was heard at a „Motion Picture and Vaudeville Star‘s Radio
Party“ from station WIP, in Philadelphia
(...) Photo, Radio Broadcast, Garden City, N. Y., Aug. 1925
& Miss Davies, when disagreeing with M-G, is said to have nearly concluded an arrangement with United Artists.
(...) Variety, Aug. 26, 1925
„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.
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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