Episode 178: The Gold Rush (1925)

Happy 2024! This month at The Film Club we’re talking about Silent Films and this week we’re talking about The Gold Rush. The film follows a lone prospector who gets lost in a blizzard and stumbles across an abandoned cabin. He discovers that the cabin is not abandoned and belongs to a wanted criminal who is hiding out from the law. Begrudgingly the criminal lets the lone prospector stay in the cabin when another prospector named Jim also comes stumbling into the cabin and poses a bigger threat to the criminal. With the blizzard raging and food gone the three men draw straws to see who will have to leave the cabin in search for food. The criminal loses the draw and begins his hunt for food. After a long time of waiting both prospector’s leave the cabin Jim leaves to find his lost gold deposit while the lone prospector finds his way to the nearest town where he meets a beautiful girl. Georgia is a dance hall girl who is in love with a ladies man named Jack, and to make Jack jealous she dances with the lone prospector and immediately the prospector falls in love with Georgia which begins a feud with Jack. Join us as we dive into the world of The Gold Rush.