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Tag Archives: Buster Keaton
Overlooked Oeuvres: Winsor McCay (1867-1934)
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Winsor McCay strikes me as an underappreciated artist. Oh, he’s pretty well kown for his comic strips, all-time classics like “Little Nemo” and “Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.” But as a maker of movies he’s often dismissed as … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers
Tagged animation, Buster Keaton, comic strips, Comics, dreams, fantasy, Film, Gertie the Dinosaur, Little Nemo, movies, Overlooked Oeuvres, Picasso, special effects, Surrealism, Winsor McCay
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Douglas Fairbanks and “When the Clouds Roll By”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Douglas Fairbanks project, the first directing effort of Victor Fleming, stands at the nexus of a number of popular art traditions. It dates from 1919, a year prior to Fairbanks’ swashbuckling debut in “The Mark … Continue reading
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Tagged Buster Keaton, Comedy, Douglas Fairbanks, Fred Astaire, Georges Melies, Harold Lloyd, movies, Silent Movies, Surrealism, Victor Fleming, Winsor McCay
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