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Auction History Result m078 GOLD RUSH linen French one-panel movie poster R42 Charlie Chaplin Date Sold 10/11/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1942) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel Movie Poster (measures 39" x 58 1/2") (Learn More) The Gold Rush, the classic 1925 Charles Chaplin silent Alaska Yukon rags-to-riches romantic slapstick comedy ("A Dramatic Comedy"; "Written and Directed [and scored] by Charlie Chaplin"; Chaplin is a prospector who goes to Alaska by himself in search of gold, and he falls in love with a dance hall girl who doesn't even notice him, and he gets lost and has many adventures) starring Charlie Chaplin (Charles Chaplin), Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale, and Henry Bergman. Note that this movie not only contains the classic sequence of the snowbound Chaplin and Mack Swain sharing a shoe and eating it because they are starving, but it also contains the equally classic scene of Chaplin putting two dinner rolls on forks and making them "dance"! Also note that the movie was filmed "on location", but only for a small part of the movie did they go to the High Sierras. For the close scenes, Chaplin had artificial mountains created out of chicken wire and burlap covering 200 tons of plaster, 285 tons of salt, and 100 barrels of flour, and the artificial ice and snow was made of the same materials. 4 carloads of "cornfetti" were used for the blizzard scenes. They also transported much of the same material to the Sierra mountains to enhance the scenes shot there. The entire production took over a year, from first filming to final cut! This is surely Charlie Chaplin's greatest movie, and it is hard to argue with anyone describing it as the single greatest silent movie ever made, and both the movie and Chaplin are known the world over, even to people who have never seen this movie (but they certainly should see it!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Baudoin Important Added Info: Note that the poster is undated, but that it has "Version Sonorisee" under the title, which would make it seem quite likely that this French release occurred at the same time as the 1942 U.S. re-release, which had an added soundtrack and narration. Also note that this French one-panel measures 39" x 58 1/2" and is linenbacked. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some very minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had darkening along many foldlines and around the edges of the poster. There was tiny paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases and tiny tears on some foldlines. There were two dime-sized areas of paper loss in the right of the top foldline, and tiny areas of paper loss in the extreme right of the top foldline. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but the restorer pretty much just backed it "as is", making the slightest effort to touch up the minor defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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