Buster Keaton

...are kindred spirits. Yet while Allen is not a great actor, he has the great gift of pathos, the rare ability, a la Charles Chaplin or Buster Keaton, to be not only a funny little man, but also a deeply sad little man. David gets the laughs...

In this article: Woody Allen, Larry David, Whatever Works, Ed Begley Jr, Patricia Clarkson, New York City, Conservatism, and Academy Award

...elation after the reviews (the Times' Ben Brantley approvingly described Robbins's "comic's face" as a cross between Woody Allen and Buster Keaton) followed almost immediately by the grief that comes with the sudden death of a play. He's...

In this article: Neil Simon, Broadway, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, and Columbia University

...were natural comics. Apart from the artistic genius of filmmakers Buster Keaton and Woody Allen, they were also hilarious performers, while Dorothy Parker's verses and sayings continue to make people laugh. Although Nathanael West is...

In this article: Dorothy Parker, Nathanael West, Woody Allen, New York City, Broadway, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

...in some fun stuff for New Yorkers, too (Albert Shanker, anyone?). But the best part of Sleeper is the rare sight of Mr. Allen doing some Buster Keaton-like physical comedy. Which he's really good at! What on earth could be better than...

In this article: Woody Allen, The Happening, Sleeper, The New York Observer, Diane Keaton, Self-help, and E mail

...Marx Brothers and Woody Allen each star in five films on the list. Spencer Tracy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Bill Murray each appear in four films on the list. (Keaton plays a supporting role in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and...

In this article: American Film Institute, Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen, Bill Murray, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Some Like It Hot, and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House