Here is a rare find ... an actual page out of a magazine published
BEFORE the Gold Rush movie was finished. Caption reads "Charles
Chaplin journeyed to far-away Alaska to make special scenes for his
new picture, which is tentatively titled Chilkoot Pass. The setting
above is a deserted miner's cabin in which Chaplin, in the role of an
innocent prospector, has found temporary shelter." Note that THE
CAPTION REFERRED TO A TENTATIVE TITLE, Chilkoot Pass … the movie was
later titled The Gold Rush as we all know. This dates the magazine
prior to 1925.
As you probably know, Chaplin said that it was the movie he most
wanted to be remembered for, and it was his own personal favorite
film. In 1925 Chaplin became the first actor to appear on the cover of
Time magazine, thanks to this movie.
Additionally, the back of this page contains page 1 of an article
about Lillian and Dorothy Gish who "left the United States for Italy
in October 1923 to make a picturization of "Ramola" in Florence." That
movie was released in 1924.
Charles Chaplin is on page 23 (by the way he's only 35 years old
here). There is no indication of which magazine the page comes from.
To see the photo and full details of how you can add this to your
collection, go to my iOffer store at
www.ioffer.com/viewShop.do?sellerID=webjetter and click on Movies &
Television to find the listing. But hurry because it won't last long!
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