The Best TIME Covers - 1925

Charlie Chaplin
July 6, 1925

Cover Story Excerpt:
All the notables for miles around had gathered in the Egyptian Theatre to see Charles S. Chaplin in The Gold Rush—the picture 9,000 feet long which has taken him two years to make and of which he had remarked: "This is the picture I want to be remembered by, heedless of the fact that his press agent was listening. On the screen, a shadow flickered—a shadow with feet like boxcars and a smile like the last soliloquy of Hamlet.....

TIME最佳封面-1925-卓别林

查理·卓别林

1925年6月6日

方圆数里的名流都聚集在埃及剧院观看查理·S·卓别林的《淘金记》。这部影片的胶片有9000英尺长，制作周期超过两年。卓别林自己评价这部影片说：“我希望能以这部影片而名垂青史”，而对旁边的出版社代理人视而不见。在萤幕上，一个影子跳动着——这个影子脚上穿着硕大的鞋子，脸上有着仿佛哈姆雷特在最后独白时的诡异笑容。。。。。。