The Gold Rush (1925)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Cinematography by Roland Totheroh
Approved95 min49 frames
AdventureComedyDrama
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What is The Gold Rush about?
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
The Gold Rush is a 1925 American silent comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film also stars Chaplin in his Little Tramp persona, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman and Malcolm Waite.
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What does the cinematography of The Gold Rush look like?
Sampled across 49 frames, the coverage of The Gold Rush leans on medium shots (37% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Roland Totheroh keeps 78% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 67% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 69% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1920s.
What is the color palette of The Gold Rush?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Gold Rush (1925) are #f6f6f6, #494949, #040404, #afafaf, #cecece, #888888 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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