#74: The Gold Rush (1925)

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Emily says:

So, we've watched a LOT of Charlie Chaplin on this list, but this is my absolute FAVORITE. While the depression-era fate of the "Little Tramp" was just sad in "Modern Times" & "City Lights," his character is refreshingly funny in "The Gold Rush." The normal Charlie Chaplin antics are mixed with almost Saturday-morning-cartoon-like scenarios - a house nearly falling off a cliff, a huge snowball rolling down a mountain, a bad guy falling over a cliff to his death. For some reason, this one was funny to me in a way that the others weren't. I'm glad I watched it, even if I was dreading "another Charlie Chaplin film" when we started it.

Paul says:

#76: City Lights (1931)

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Virgina Cherrill
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Emily says:

I enjoyed Chaplin's drunken debauchery with the millionaire in this film, and the sweet love story between the tramp and the blind girl. I'm just tired of Chaplin films though - maybe "Modern Times" wore me out, and I know that Chaplin was an important figure in silent film - and that this movie was made when silent film was in decline - but I just wasn't thrilled by this one. Good to watch for its place in film history, but I most likely won't watch it again.

Paul says:

#81: Modern Times (1936)

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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