Buster Keaton, Silent Film God

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Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank Keaton 1895 – 1966 American actor, comedian and filmmaker. Known for his silent films in the 1920s, performing inventive physical comedy stunts, maintained a deadpan facial expression “The Great Stone Face”.

Child performed with his family’s travelling vaudeville act. As an adult, working independent on short films. Then moved to feature-length films and began to direct. One of the most famous, “The General”.

“The greatest comedy ever made…and perhaps the greatest film ever made”

_Orson Welles, November 10, 2009

The General (1926 film)

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