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Tag Archives: Buster Keaton
Sneaking Through the Gates…A Private Tour of a Forgotten Luxury Enclave
Today, one of the ultimate symbols of status is to live in a private community safely hidden away and protected from the outside world by high walls and locked gates. “I’ll leave your name at the guard house,” must be a … Continue reading
Posted in General Announcements, West Adams
Tagged Alfred F. Rosenheim, Berkeley Square, Buster Keaton, Charles F. Whittlesey, Constance Talmadge, Duncan Maginnis, Fremont Place, Hal Roach, Laughlin Park, Mack Sennett, Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, St. James Park, Westmoreland Place, William Gibbs McAdoo
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Buster Takes a Dip
They called him the “Great Stone Face,” but this is, of course, a misnomer. There was nothing stone about the face of Buster Keaton. It was like rubber, able to convey every conceivable emotion using not only his eyes, but all of … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting People
Tagged Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Eleanor Norris Keaton
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Stars With Big Heads
Everyone knows movie stars have to have enormous egos, otherwise they couldn’t be movie stars, right? Well, here are a few stars with really big heads – papier-mache ones that is, part of a group of 14 Big-Headed stars sent … Continue reading
Posted in General Announcements
Tagged Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Harold Lloyd, Richard Dix
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A Fantastic New Blog!!!
When my friend John Bengtson told me he was thinking about doing a blog called Silent Locations I couldn’t wait to see it! John has been my hero ever since he wrote the absolutely amazing SILENT ECHOES (Santa Monica Press) … Continue reading
