Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin

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This paper discusses that Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, gifted actors and early producers, made names for themselves and invented many film techniques used today. The author points out that early American films were in the form of comedy; later, films began to become more complex and innovative. The paper relates that Buster Keaton's 1926 film, "The General", was a remarkable movie for its time because most of the movie was filmed outdoors.

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"The innovative minds behind some of the early greatest movies like "The General" and "The Gold Rush", were Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin came into the movie and acting industry at the age of 17, and began to get involved with acting and writing. He muscled his way up the ranks and later began to make movies and star in them as well. One of his clutch performances was his role in "The Gold Rush" as the Lone Prospector. A scene from this 1925 film that stood out was of the cabin scene that the Lone Prospector finds and enters for shelter during the whiteout blizzard."

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