Expert testimony on Chaplin retrospective | Film Beat | Independent Weekly:
Gold says that the extent of his impact in popular culture is not fully understood by many people. 'It's hard to really grasp this, but Chaplin was famous in a way no one else has been famous before or since,' Gold says. 'In 1914, he was just another comedian, but by the end of 1917, his face was the best-known face in all of human history.