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The gold rush

Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.

The immigrant: Chaplin and Purviance are immigrants who meet on the boat to America, broke but in love ; The gold rush: Chaplin is a prospector who goes to Alaska in search of gold and falls in love with a Yukon dance hall girl.

Tillie's punctured romance tells the story of Charlie, a city slicker who convinces Tillie to steal her father's fortune and run away with him. Once they reach the city, he takes her money and returns to his sweetheart, Mabel, until he learns that Tillie's wealthy uncle has died....

The Beloved Rogue

A breathless depiction of France's rapscallion poet, thief, and vagabond: François Villon (1431-1463). He bounds over the snowy rooftops of Paris, scales a castle tower, and is hurled skyward by the royal catapult but this is no mere stunt picture. Barrymore wields a simmering s...

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