Friday, February 27, 2009

Early Film Comedy & Comedians

On youtube.com, check out some early film comedies.

You may wish to inspect any of the following films from actors/directors:
1. Charlie Chaplin
2. Mack Sennett
3. Keystone Kops
4. Buster Keaton
5. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
6. Harry Langdon
7. Harold Lloyd
8. W.C. Fields
9. Florence Turner


If you have time, take a look at any of the actors/directors' work listed on page 3 of your homework. (for example: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Lon Chaney Sr., Oscar Micheaux (first black director) and the films of Alice Guy Blanche.
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