Buster keaton movies
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So while they probably never became friends, they seem to at least had professional respect for one another, which is indicated by Chaplin inviting Keaton to his movie and Keaton's acknowledgment of Chaplin's performance. While the camera was fading away, Keaton was muttering to Chaplin without moving his lips, "That's it, good, wait, don't move, wait, good, we're through." In his autobiography Keaton called Chaplin "the greatest silent comedian of all time". In one scene in "Limelight", Chaplin's character was dying. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. Chaplin, at this point, felt sorry for Keaton due to his hard luck, but Keaton recognized that, despite Charlie's better fortune and far greater wealth, Chaplin was (strangely) the more depressed of the two. The Rough House (1917) 19 min Comedy, Short 5.6 Rate Roscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Keaton, who was flat broke at the time, went into a career decline after having been signed by MGM in 1928, as the studio would not let him improvise in any of his films nor allow him any writing or directorial input, and he was eventually reduced to writing gags - often uncredited - for other comedians' films.
Long considered rivals but always having avoided commenting about each other in the press, Chaplin hired Keaton for a part in Limelight (1952). Of Silent Films’ Big Three ( Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd) Buster Keaton is more famous and critically acclaimed today, than he was in the 1920’s (the guy is Box Office Gold, believe me, I’ve seen it) and the reason is simple: his films still seem awfully relevant and modern, maybe even more so than when they were first shown. He and Buster Keaton had an interesting relationship. According to IMDB, Keaton and Chaplin were rivals at first, but consolidated their relationship when Keaton's career declined: