Claim: Charlie Chaplin starred in a film.

The Gold Rush is a 1925 American comedy film written , produced , and directed by Charlie Chaplin . The film also stars Chaplin in his Little Tramp persona , Georgia Hale , Mack Swain , Tom Murray , Henry Bergman , and Malcolm Waite .   The Gold Rush received Academy Award nominations for Best Music and Best Sound Recording upon its re-release in 1942 . It is today one of Chaplin 's most celebrated works , and he himself declared several times that it was the film for which he most wanted to be remembered .