Here are some of the landmarks. ‘The Playhouse’ (1921) The use of doubling goes all the way back to the silent era in this Buster Keaton short in which the protagonist, played by the ...

Today, the silent-film era is largely remembered for its cavalcade of iconic comedians, people like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, and Oliver Hardy, who would contort their bodies ...

Jaw-dropping, why-we-go-to-the-movies moments like those continue a legacy of onscreen daredevilry stretching back from Jackie Chan to Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, who put their lives on the ...

“All your idols, Gene Kelly got one, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel,” Silver adds. “Buster Keaton, I think, got one. Yeah." The proud wife went on to assure her husband, saying, "You will get ...

“About as bonkers an hour of comedy as ever you would find — part Mr. Bean, part Buster Keaton, all odd,” said the Sunday Times. Kids matinee at 2 p.m.; evening shows at 7 and 9 p.m ...

Click through the gallery at the top of the page to see vintage photos of one of Alabama ... hosted entertainers like Buster Keaton, Louise Dresser, and Harry Houdini. Montgomery’s park ...

Buster Keaton did it back in 1921 by exposing only a portion of the film on each take. We looked back at some of the most memorable movie doubles and explained how they were done. Have an ...

“Not posthumously.” “All your idols, Gene Kelly got one, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel,” Silver adds. “Buster Keaton, I think, got one. Yeah." The proud wife went on to assure her husband, saying, "You ...

1927 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Silent film star Buster Keaton’s early talkie ... An undated handout photo of Noelle Middleton, left, Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn ...

Think of it like Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman’s “The General,” if you weren’t asked to root for the slave-owning Confederates.

With the same chaotic energy of classic physical comedians such as Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, Farley throws himself at the door, bumbling back each time. But the kicker is the end of the ...