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Silent Movies
January 21, 2022
Jo Livingstone
The Century of Buster Keaton
How silent cinema’s slapstick genius choreographed the age of viral video
June 7, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Hidden Beneath a Hockey Rink, a Silent Film Treasure Trove
A new documentary pieces together long-lost footage from the past, giving new life to stories that had been forgotten.

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