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Buster Keaton did his own stunts without doubling
His stone face and real falls made silent comedy look dangerous Buster Keaton performed his own stunts, including collapsing house fronts, train chases and long falls, and he kept his expression blank whatever happened. The deadpan face, often called the Great Stone Face, let the audience supply the reaction. He later said the gags were worked out with precise engineering rather than luck. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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