The Binghamton Theater Organ Society hosted a screening of Charlie Chaplin's classic silent film The Gold Rush at the Broome County Forum Theatre today.

Set in the Alaska Klondike during December, the film follows Chaplin's journey to the Klondike Gold Rush and the adventures he encounters along the way.

Written, directed, and starring Chaplin himself, he once called it the film he wanted to be remembered by.

Live accompaniment for the screening was provided by renowned theatre organist Dennis James.

Reflecting on the significance of silent films, James said, "In 1926, Mary Pickford, leading star of the day, said, 'When sound came to the silent films, films took a giant step backwards because they became something else.' They became talking pictures. And so the idea of somebody performing for you like a play on on the stage was no longer in existence in modern movies. It's all created in studios and sent out. And we sit in our little black boxes or sit at home on television and we watch, but nobody's doing anything. When you're here, this is what movies were invented to be."