Charlie at his best. Nicely cleaned up with a dubbed-in piano accompaniment, just as it would have been done in 1925 theatres. The first New Year’s Eve classic as well as The Gold Rush classic, complete with a recreated 1897 hillside climb using bums-off-the-street extras!
Amazingly, shot in a Hollywood studio with all the famous scenes: including Charlie superimposed and chased in a chicken costume, the cabin dangling on a cliff as the Little Tramp and Big Jim jump on the floor trying to balance it, Charlie’s famous bread-roll dance, and many other slapstick classics.
Two-disc set includes the shortened 1945 version with sound and Charlie narrating. Both versions are very clean and watchable. Highly recommended New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day watching.