The Gold Rush
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The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, following his iconic Tramp character during the Klondike Gold Rush.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gold Rush canonical | 23 |
| 1925 film The Gold Rush | 1 |
| The Gold Rush (1925) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T216316 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Gold Rush Context triple: [Charlie Chaplin, notableWork, The Gold Rush]
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A.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush was an 1858 gold rush in British Columbia that drew thousands of prospectors, many from California, and marked the beginning of large-scale European settlement in the region.
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B.
California Gold
California Gold is a distinctive shade of gold used as one of the official school colors representing the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
Georgia Gold Rush
The Georgia Gold Rush was a major early 19th-century American gold rush centered in northern Georgia that triggered rapid settlement, mining booms, and contributed to the displacement of Native American populations, including the Cherokee.
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D.
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was a mid-19th-century mass migration and mining boom that rapidly transformed California’s population, economy, and statehood after gold was discovered in 1848.
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E.
Sutter's Mill
Sutter's Mill was a sawmill in Coloma, California, historically significant as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, triggering the California Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Gold Rush Target entity description: The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, following his iconic Tramp character during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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A.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush was an 1858 gold rush in British Columbia that drew thousands of prospectors, many from California, and marked the beginning of large-scale European settlement in the region.
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B.
California Gold
California Gold is a distinctive shade of gold used as one of the official school colors representing the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
Georgia Gold Rush
The Georgia Gold Rush was a major early 19th-century American gold rush centered in northern Georgia that triggered rapid settlement, mining booms, and contributed to the displacement of Native American populations, including the Cherokee.
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D.
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was a mid-19th-century mass migration and mining boom that rapidly transformed California’s population, economy, and statehood after gold was discovered in 1848.
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E.
Sutter's Mill
Sutter's Mill was a sawmill in Coloma, California, historically significant as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, triggering the California Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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feature film ⓘ silent comedy film ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Georgia Hale
ⓘ
Henry Bergman ⓘ Mack Swain ⓘ Malcolm Waite ⓘ Tom Murray ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| director | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| famousScene |
boiled shoe meal
ⓘ
cabin teetering over a cliff ⓘ dinner roll dance ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Big Jim McKay
ⓘ
Black Larsen ⓘ Georgia ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Alabama Hills ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Nevada (location shooting)
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| genre |
comedy film
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romantic comedy ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| hasReRelease | 1942 sound re‑issue with music and narration ⓘ |
| hasRunningTime |
approx. 72 minutes (1942 re‑release)
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approx. 95 minutes (1925 original cut) ⓘ |
| includedInList |
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
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surface form:
AFI lists of greatest American films
|
| inspiredBy | Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
prospecting for gold
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romantic pursuit ⓘ survival in harsh winter conditions ⓘ |
| musicBy | Charlie Chaplin (1942 sound re‑release) ⓘ |
| narrationBy | Charlie Chaplin (1942 version) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of comedy and pathos
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one of Chaplin’s most celebrated films ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | preserved and restored ⓘ |
| producer | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Charles Chaplin Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1925-06-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| setting |
Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898)
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surface form:
Klondike Gold Rush
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| settingLocation | Yukon Territory ⓘ |
| starring | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| starsCharacter | The Tramp ⓘ |
| writer | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1925 film The Gold Rush
this entity surface form:
The Gold Rush (1925)
subject surface form:
Silent film