ENTERTAINMENTS
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE
" GOLD RUSH" A BIG SUCCESS. The walls of His Majesty's Theatre have seldom echoed with laughter as they did last evening, when Charles Chaplin's 10-act masterpiece was presented. In " The Gold Rush," which screens finally this evening, the producer has departed frcm the usual locale of comedy productions, and the action takes place in the snowy wastes of the Klondike. Chaplin takes the lead himself, and introduces many new comedy situations to fit the scene of the picture. With that genius which is peculiarly his own, and against the background of old Klondike gold rush days of Chap- j linesque conception, the greatest screen !
comedian has depicted with subtly tender and delicate masterstrokes the struggle of man's eternal hunt for happiness, its heartbreaks and tears, and its laughter and joy. Charlie Chaplin of the derby, cane, baggy trousers, funny moustache, and waddling walk, who has made the whole world latigh more than any other mere comedian that ever lived, has built in "The Gold Rush" a delightful structure of fun and laughter. On the tragedy and misery suffered
by the pioneers who first journeyed to the ice-bound Alaska, and on the drama of the soul sufferings of the sourdough who braved mountains, ice, snow, and starvation and death in their mad rush for gold, Chaplin has built the funniest and most hilarious comedy of his career. He has clad himself in the role of a hard-luck sourdough who chases rain- I bows of the soul and heart in the midst I of a mob that chases one thing only—gold and nothing but gold. Pathos and suffering are converted into comedy and laughter—there is a laugh In every one of the 8000 or so feet of "The
Gold Rush." . Thrills alternate - with laughs to make "Spook, Ranch" one of the cleverest and fastest-moving Westerns ever shown at local theatres. Hoot Gibson is starred in this Universal Jewel production, which is coming tomorrow only. A thrilling rescue of a I beautiful girl, good comedy, anft one of the finest horse pursuits ever filmed go to make this the fastest-moving picture Gibson lias ever released. He is admirably supported by Helen Ferguson, Robert McKim, Tote Ducrow, Frank Rice, and Ed Cowles. Direction was by Edward Laemmle. \
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10704, 31 March 1926, Page 2
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