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Hey! Good evening. This is Orson Wells, and it's my great pleasure to introduce Buster Keaton. He was, as we're now beginning to realize, the greatest of all the clowns in the history

of the cinema.

For too many years, he was under the shadow of Chaplin, of course, and for too many of his

last years he had a very bad time of it.

Those are the years in which I knew him.

We used to work in the old stage door canteen.

I was doing magic tricks for the troops.

Keaton was washing dishes.

He was a lovely person, the supreme artist.

And I think one of the most beautiful people was ever photographed.

He had his own way of working, his own way of building

up gag slowly and meticulously. But this style was developed later in his career.

Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host Mike White. Join me once again is Mr. Morris

Pristinsky. My friends call me Handy Hank. Also back in the booth is Ms. Heather Drain.

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