They have the Buster Keaton festival in a town here in Kansas every spring, I believe. One of these years I'm going to make that. He's one of my favorite actors.
Agreed, Keaton was really good. In fact, I'd rate him higher than Chaplin, which is nearly heresy in some circles. Chaplin was good too, but he was sort of a caricature of the character he had created before long. I also do like Valentino, and Clara Bow ("The It girl" as she was often known.)
Acting in the silents required the skill of a meme. It had to be much more difficult than what we think of as acting today.
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Acting in the silents required the skill of a meme. It had to be much more difficult than what we think of as acting today.
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