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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Buster Keaton

ByFrank F.

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Buster Keaton could delight audiences without uttering a single word.

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  • During these years of Natalie's career in film production she and Buster began dating.
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  • Buster and Natalie would wed in 1921.
  • She did, yes.

    • Keaton was born into an eccentric, acrobatic family, and slapstick comedy emerged as his clear calling. He also lent something to comedy that was previously unseen: a deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face." He integrated the expression into his work after noticing in his childhood that a serious expression got more laughs from audiences than a smiling one.

    But was the man behind that "Great Stone Face" as somber as he looked?

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    Yes and no. "I think I have had the happiest and luckiest of lives," Keaton said in his old age (via The New York Times).

    During those fateful years: Natalie Talmadge divorced him, claiming his drinking and carousing had dissolved their marriage; best friend Fatty Arbuckle died.

    "Maybe this is because I never expected as much as I got. What I expected was hard knocks." After a dark period in the 1930s, Keaton managed to find happiness in his later years. Still, the film star experienced his fair share of hard