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American Cinema. 1920s. Silent Comedies from Vaudeville Roots. Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977) http://youtu.be/MAUFUv1k9Zw ( The Kid , 1921). Buster Keaton (1895-1966) http://youtu.be/ncapCvkPgVw. Harold Lloyd http://youtu.be/ZNx6i4GqqHo. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.
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American Cinema 1920s
Silent Comedies from Vaudeville Roots • Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977) • http://youtu.be/MAUFUv1k9Zw (The Kid, 1921)
Erich Von Stroheim (1885-1957) Viennese émigré Shifted balance of power to the business from creative Doomed career because refused to abide by financial and practical realities of commercial art http://youtu.be/A36EGECeMEY
Ernst Lubitsch Mary Pickford brought him over from Germany in 1923 Great Comedy Director: http://youtu.be/CJz-PtYzkUY
Other Directors of 1920s Lois Weber (1882-1939): The Blothttp://youtu.be/_g1pdUAi5f4 Alice Guy-Blache(1873-1968) http://youtu.be/DqlD7RLoNAI Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) http://youtu.be/h1E0NrcnwAE
More Directors Joseph von Sternberg (1894-1969) King Vidor (1896-1983) William Wellman—Wings