A video essay discussing Sherlock Jr. (1924) by Buster Keaton, considered by many to be the gold standard for silent comedies, and one of the best films of the 1920s as a whole.
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Music:
Silent Film Score compilation - The Old Times / oldstuff4all / Kevin MacLeod (   • Silent Film Score compilation - The O...  )

Extra B-Roll:
Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag / Every Frame a Painting (   • Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag  )
Some of Buster Keaton's most amazing stunts / Don McHoull (   • Some of Buster Keaton's most amazing ...  )

Supplemental Reading:
Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase (1995) / Marion Meade (https://www.amazon.ca/Buster-Keaton-C...)