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Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, April 30, 1924.
Gold Rush ’24 On;
Hollywood Is Eldorado
It isn‘t such a far cry from „sour doughs“ to doughnuts
and from doughnuts to custard pies!
At least that is what the relics on the Klondike domiciled
in the Chilcoot pass think.
Some time ago Charlie Chaplin was shooting snow
scenes for his latest „take off“ on the Alaska gold
rush in the Chilcoot country and more than 400 beared knights
of the gold pan and burro have been drafted to serve
as „extras.“
„Hully smoke!“ said one dillapidated „gold digger,“
as he watched Charlie wriggle his mustache,
juggle his cane, and fall over into a snowdrift. „I c‘n do that!
Is that what they pay him a million a year fer?“
„If he can do it, I can,“ exclaimed his compatriot.
Dangerous Dan Nevergrew, „me for Hollywood.“
And, according to Casting Director Fred Hortzig, when
the picture was finished more than 200 of the
„burro boosters“ pulled out for Hollywood via the
„side-door Pullmans.“
When they arrive in the land of the Kleig lighs, which
is expected momentarily, Charlie will have some
rivals and the „sheiks“ of the promenades will have some
keener competition. The gold rush of ’24 is on!
(...) Cartoon by Jack Welch, Los Angeles Evening Express,
April 29, 1924
& Jack Welch (1905-1985), illustrator, undated,
Saturday Evening Post
„Plays the hard-luck sourdough“
Editorial content. „Charlie Chaplin in Sierras
Charlie Chaplin is a busy man these days. The High
Sierras, Mt. Summit, to be exact, is the scene
of his labors. Here the comedian is reproducing in comic
version the famous Alaskan gold rush of other days.
Even Chilcoot Pass has been reproduced. And the rugged
camp of the pioneers is there, cluttering the base
of the precipitous cliffs. A pathway, cut through the snow
2300 feet long, rising to the top of Mt. Summit,
passes up a narrow defile through the rocks, and was only
made possible by the snowdrifts banked against
the mountain side.
The camp was erected and the pass cut through
in less than one week. Special agents of the
Southern Pacific Railroad mobilized an army of 1000 men
and by special trains brought them to the pass,
also a special train of dining cars was brought from Oakland
for the feeding of these modern sourdoughs.
Chaplin himself, in the role of director-general, was
here, there and everywhere, giving instructions,
leading the men, and on occasion mixing with the mob
in scenes, spurring them on. It was one of the
most successfully handled mobs ever assembled before
a movie camera, according to reports, and many
spectacular scenes were filmed.
It seems that thrills are to mingle with the comedy
and scenes of terrific realism, depicting the
hardships endured by the pioneer gold seekers, who
surmounted mountains which blocked their
pathway in that mad rush for gold.
Charlie Chaplin, still in the old scenery, big
shoes, baggy breeches, trick hat and cane, plays the
hard-luck sourdough.
The picture is to be completed in the fall, according
to present plans, and will be in eight reels.“
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