Buster Keaton, The Art of the Gag 🎥

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Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy, pioneer and genius.
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Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (Oct. 4, 1895 – Feb. 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Keaton was a child vaudeville star, performing as part of his family's traveling act...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keaton

[Eko]

1. Thanks for sharing!

[appalachiablue]

3. My pleasure, thanks for posting.

[The Blue Flower]

2. A giant

Still love to watch The General.

[appalachiablue]

8. Thanx for mentioning, I want to watch The General.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. The Train Wreck. Obligatory... and prescient of tomorrow at noon...

[appalachiablue]

5. Thanx for posting, a very tragic accident!

[Sparkly]

6. He was amazing!

I still wonder how he accomplished some of those "cartoon gags!" (As well as the real ones -- what physical courage!)

I think Buster Keaton was the best of Silent Film actors, followed by Charley Chase, Harold Lloyd, and of course Chaplin, each for different reasons. And yes, so many of the things he did were imitated by others for years to come.

Thank you for posting this!

[appalachiablue]

7. Keaton was a master, the others were brilliant too. My grandfather met

Harold Lloyd at a Dempsey fight, v. Willard I think out West in the 1920s.

Thanks for posting.