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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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1920S
American Cinema
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Silent Comedies from Vaudeville Roots
Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977)http://youtu.be/MAUFUv1k9Zw (The Kid,
1921)
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Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford
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Erich Von Stroheim (1885-1957)
Viennese émigréShifted balance of power to the business from
creativeDoomed career because refused to abide by
financial and practical realities of commercial art
http://youtu.be/A36EGECeMEY
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Ernst Lubitsch
Mary Pickford brought him over from Germany in 1923
Great Comedy Director: http://youtu.be/CJz-PtYzkUY
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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
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Robert Flaherty
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More Directors
Joseph von Sternberg (1894-1969)
King Vidor (1896-1983)
William Wellman—Wings
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Coming of Sound: The Jazz Singerhttp://youtu.be/Djd1XfwDAQs