Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉 Let's kick off the new year with this beautiful clip from The Gold Rush. In his autobiography, Chaplin wrote, "Even in those early comedies I strove for a mood; usually music created it. An old song called Mrs Grundy created the mood for 'The Immigrant'. The tune had a wistful tenderness that suggested two lonely derelicts getting married on a doleful, rainy day ... Simple little tunes gave me the image for other comedies ... Auld Lang Syne [set] the mood for 'The Go

“Interviewers have asked me how I get ideas for pictures and to this day I am not able to answer satisfactorily. […] How does one get ideas? By sheer perseverance to the point of madness.” - Charles Chaplin, My Autobiography #qotd | Charlie Chaplin