TH 330 – American Cinema January 29, 2010 Gold Rush Does any movie require a happy ending? Charlie Chaplin added his twist to the meaning of “happy endings” when he directed the film Gold Rush. Even when the movie business was in its early years Chaplin recognized that a happy ending could have a variety of meaning. Furthermore, he tantalized the audience from every angle with his resourcefulness and quick wit. In Gold Rush, Chaplin easily makes fun out of being poor and destitute. For one
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History 1/21/13 Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” If there’s one film that should be considered the quintessential representation of triumph in Charlie Chaplin’s large body of work, I would have to say that is The Gold Rush released in 1925. This film was a victory not only for Chaplin as a filmmaker, but also for his beloved character The Tramp. He often mentioned that this was the film “by which he would most like to be remembered”. ( Robinson 334). Prior to The Gold Rush, it was two years since a Charlie
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upon a time gold was what makes the world go round, it made people greedy, hungry for more, and certainly it drove them to want more and to do crazy things for more. Gold was such a big part of life in the late 1800s through the early 1900s, and there were two main places for gold mining in America; California (there were major gold rushes in California through the mid 1900s) and Alaska, more specifically the Yukon Territory. The Alaska Gold Rush of the late 1800s was one of the major gold rushes in
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The traditional beginning of the Gold Rush was the story of James Marshall. Marshall was instructed by John Sutter, a business man, to find an area to build a sawmill. Marshall, traveled with a few workers, it took him a while to find the right spot because: "nothing but a mule could climb the hills; and when I would find a spot where the hills were not steep, there was no timber to be had" (Holliday 56). Marshall had finally found an area where he could build a sawmill, and managed
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THE GOLD RUSH Ads created to get settlers to go out west. The gold rush was a big attention getter for the companies trying to get people to book passage on their ships. Advertisements like these helped the population of the west grow from 26,000 people in 1848 to 380,000 people by 1860 and the west continues to grow today. The above picture is a Sierra County miner panning for gold. Approximately 16,000 settlers came to the Sierra Valley between 1848 and 1860. Due to the settlement
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Patrice Sterling Dr. Andrews Paper #2 The Colorado Gold Rush began in 1858 and attracted a staggering variety of characters. United by a common desire to find their fortunes in the West, these prospectors faced harsh conditions and often, little reward. Fifty years later, those flocking to Colorado were a very different sort. Entrepreneurs, tycoons, and even European nobility sought out the state’s pristine natural beauty by visiting luxury hotels and by building lavish private residences
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California was a land where the American Dream came true for many. Before the gold rush, California was under the Mexican rule since 1821. California’s population mainly consisted of about 6,500 Californios, 700 Americans and 150,000 Native Americans. Most of the Californians lived on vast ranches granted to them by the Mexican government. New settlers, mainly Americans, started moving into California for land and trade. Mexican control over California weakened following the Bear Flag revolt by
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1949 Gold Rush In 1948 the Gold Rush truly started, it was the beginning of a time of great optimism in California but it had its difficulties and challenges too. It was a time the common man had power in numbers and even people of non-American birth had the ability to make a difference. It was a time when Native Americans and the environment were shoved out of the way of industry. It was a time when even the poorest of the poor had the ability to and sometimes did strike it rich. Because of this
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Part A The California Gold Rush was an important discovery that contributed to the development and expansion of the United States. Prior to the Gold Rush California was a remote and sparsely populated area with no government control. People could come by sea or land which made it a great location when the Gold Rush exploded. The California Gold Rush brought 300,000 people across the United States to the West (Wikipedia, 2004). Of the 300,000 half arrived by sea and half came from the east overland
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Gold strike Sutter’s mill When gold rush hits the California and created thousands of fortunes. Mr. John Augustus Sutter had bankrupted. Because his profitable 50,000-acre estate was overrun with miners, and his thousands of heads of livestock were stolen. Meanwhile, all his workers ran off to look for gold. But, who knows if that could leads to another fortune, Mr. John Sutter could probably change his main occupation from ranch owner to gold mine owner. As James W. Marshall remembered, it was
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