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...until after 4 p.m. Everyone then trooped off to a teahouse for more food and drink. In the prewar years, only a few hours later came supper and films. Hitler's taste in movies ran to romantic schmalz and leggy revues; he could not abide Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, Speer notes dryly. When the films were over, everyone else was glassy-eyed with fatigue, but Hitler prattled on as beer, wine and sandwiches were handed around until 2 a.m. Speer writes: "When, I would ask myself, did he really work...
...movie does have one striking attribute: actors with real faces. Jeremy Kemp as a Down-Underhanded tout displays all seven sins between his forehead and his chin. Stanley Baker looks like a fist with sideburns. Michael Crawford is Buster Keaton redivivus...
...brand of popular vulgar theater was burlesque, which nurtured many distinguished clowns and comedians, including W.C. Fields, Bert Lahr, Bobby Clark and Buster Keaton. In recent seasons, vulgar theater has again emerged in both the best and the worst senses, with nudity, simulated sexual acts and the unfettered use of four-letter words. Hair, Che and Oh! Calcutta! belong to this group, as does the latest entry, The Dirtiest Show in Town. Those who deplore these shows regard them as the flagrant commercial exploitation of filth. That attitude is far too simple; when three out of the top four...
...Sheriff C.V. ("Buster") Kern jailed one William Whirl in Houston on charges of burglary and theft. The district attorney had the case dismissed for insufficient evidence. The order went down to set Whirl free. Somehow the release slip went astray, and Whirl lan guished in jail for nine months until the mistake was discovered. Upon being freed, Whirl filed a civil suit against Sheriff Kern for depriving him not only of his liberty but also his artificial...
...resemblance to persons living or dead is purely unmistakable. In appearance, Cockeye obviously recalls Ben Turpin, and Billy Bright subtly evokes Buster Keaton. In actuality, the melancholy story is closest to that of the late Stan Laurel. The bitterness of The Comic arises from an incident in 1963, two years before Laurel's death, when Van Dyke decided to mimic Stan in his TV series. "We wanted to pay him for the rights to use his character," recalls Reiner, then producer of the show. "And we found that the rights belonged to another human being. The rights...