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All of it seems to be taken from the silent film stars such as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
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In previous years, the musicians played alongside animated, slapstick and melodramatic films, such as Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr."
Yale Daily News: Latest Issue R.J. Rico 2009
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In previous years, the musicians played alongside animated, slapstick and melodramatic films, such as Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr."
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You might expect something humourless and leaden, only to find films which resemble Buster Keaton far more than they anticipate Jean-Luc Godard.
Marx at the movies 2011
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Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge left, the sister-in-law of his boss, lasted 11 years, though his womanizing doomed the marriage.
Bells Are Ringing 2011
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Her busy life was cut short by an angry, razor-tusked boar while shooting at it drunk on her Kawasaki Mule in preparation for a luau bar mitzvah for her fifth grandson, Buster, named for Buster Keaton.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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First, this is hardly news to anyone who's ever seen one of Charlie Chaplin's or Buster Keaton's silent films, which are often funnier and more entertaining than most modern comedies released in a given year.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Artist -- Who Needs 3D... or Sound? Jonathan Kim 2011
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Events move at bewildering speed – a little more exposition would have helped with the breathless feeling of tearing, like Buster Keaton, after a train that one can never quite catch – ending in a spectacular finale with James Bond-esque levels of chaos and destruction.
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First, this is hardly news to anyone who's ever seen one of Charlie Chaplin's or Buster Keaton's silent films, which are often funnier and more entertaining than most modern comedies released in a given year.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Artist -- Who Needs 3D... or Sound? Jonathan Kim 2011
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Laurel and Hardy's Battle of the Century, described by the Guardian's Xan Brooks as "the ur-text of custard pie movies", could keep Gregg's in business for years, while Buster Keaton worked tirelessly on the art of the perfect pie chuck.
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