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 ...

Here, the long take has often been used as a mark of authenticity for the amazing feats of practical performers, whether this is the wild stunts or camera trickery of Buster Keaton, the balletic ...

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 ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Buster Keaton. In 1976, Stephen played the role of Clov in Endgame in a London production closely supervised by Beckett. During the rehearsal period, Beckett gave his young compatriot one or two ...

Clara Bow / Alfred Cheney Johnston / c. 1927 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Silent film star Buster Keaton’s early talkie, “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,” opened in 1931 at ...