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    -Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton In my personal‚ I like Charlie Chaplin because he uses pathos in many of his films and he also made sure to use small props in his films which made him seem relatable. They have both have made a dramatic impact on the film culture of the 20th and the 21st centuries. Keaton with his large inventions and props mixed with his slapstick humor gave audiences more than enough to laugh about. While Chaplin was able to get the same reaction by using small props he

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    gene: Buster Keaton‚ and Charlie Chaplin. They both starred in countless films within the silent film genre and changed the way we looked at them forever. Buster Keaton starred in many slapstick comedies. His films relied on seemingly unstoppable movement and the rush through various landscapes. In the film‚ Seven Chances‚ Keaton is left a small fortune‚ and they only way for him to receive this money is to get married by the end of the day. Eventually‚ after a long day of rejection‚ Keaton puts

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    Comparison/ Contrast of Chaplin and Keaton Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton are the founding actors for the comedian world. They both starred in numerous silent films in the early 1900s. They are commonly compared for their numerous similarities in their acting careers. Chaplin and Keaton are both comedians‚ they act in such a way to get the maximum laughs out of their audience. Comedic acting was much more difficult in silent films then it is now in regular films. In silent films Chaplin

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    Charlie Chaplin made audiences laugh‚ but he also made us feel. Buster Keaton may not have drawn as much laughter or emotion as Chaplin‚ but his comedy was at least as creative. Throughout the 1920s Keaton took great risks both physically and financially. Harold Lloyd lacked the training and natural comedy of Chaplin and Keaton‚ yet he could make us laugh as hard as we did when watching Chaplin‚ and could draw as much sympathy and suspense as Keaton. These were the great pioneers of cinema. Today

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    ­ 1 –  Biography: Charlie Chaplin  (April 16‚ 1889 ­ December 25‚ 1977)  Charlie Chaplin‚ who brought laughter to millions worldwide as the silent "Little  Tramp" clown‚ had the type of deprived childhood that one would expect to find  in a Dickens novel. Born in East Street‚ Walworth‚ London on 16 April‚ 1889‚  Charles Spencer Chaplin was the son of a music hall singer and his wife. Charlie  Chaplin’s parents divorced early in his life‚ with his father providing little to no  support

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    that is in black and white. It is directed by the main character Buster Keaton. This movie was spent high cost to produce. In the film‚ the entire scene is real situation (playing in real rail track) and there isn’t any manipulation as it is in an early age of film industry. For example‚ there was a scene that the bridge is broken. This scene was taken in a real place and the real bridge was broken and this showed the bravery of Keaton is really big as this film spent much on the production than others

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    Charlie Chaplin did not use sound to communicate to the audience in his movies. Despite the fact that there was no spoken language‚ his movies were sensational and the audiences loved them. Chaplin was thought of as cinema ’s first genius and has been called the single most-influential artist in the history of motion pictures. I am researching Charlie Chaplin to learn how he became a sensational comedian and one of the best actors of all time. Chaplin is considered as one of the most pivotal

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    Works Cited 1. "Buster Keaton Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television‚ n.d. Web. 26 Mar. ___2014. 2. Dale‚ Alan S. "Comedy Is a Man in Trouble." Comedy Is a Man in Trouble: Slapstick in ___American Movies. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota‚ 2000. 1-4. Google Books. ___Google. Web. 22 Mar. 2014. 3. Goodwin‚ Martin. "Dr. Toon: The Evolution of Animated Comedy." Animation World ___Network. N.p.‚ 6 Feb. 2012. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. 4. Hall‚ Grey. "A Cartoon History: 70 Years of Tom and Jerry

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    In the early 1900s‚ Charles "Charlie" Spencer Chaplin and Joseph "Buster" Keaton Jr. were known as the leading comedians of that time. They each presented their on different comedic styles towards their work; Chaplin had more slapstick humor included in his films‚ while Buster wanted to go a little deeper in meaning and storyline in his movies. Many of Chaplin’s films had a more old-school‚ kiddy humor in a way. Not saying that to mean it in a bad way or anything‚ but the different scenes in his

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    belonging that composers often explore through the idea of understanding one’s individual sense of belonging.This is exploited in the novel; Rainbow’s end by Jane Harrison‚ Film; The Last Samurai by Edward Zwick and the Dictator speech by Charlie Chaplin. These three texts I will be exploring today strongly portrays the experiences an individual must accept for them to enable a sense of belonging accompanied by a set of disconnection that is chosen or obliged by. However‚ the experiences are

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