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Cinema
Harpo Marx
While performing, Adolph Arthur Marx called Harpo Marx, developed his own peculiar style, consisting of extremely dynamic gesticulation. As newspaper reviews criticized his manner of speaking, he began to play mute and his horn became his inseparable attribute. 1)
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American film company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway theater producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn. The combination of the two names gave rise to the name Goldwyn, which Samuel later adopted as his new surname. 2)
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff is an actor known for the creature Frankenstein (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and Son of Frankenstein) and for his roles in other horror films. In the 1930s and 1940s, the actor was a star, competing for the throne of the king of horror with Béla Lugosi (who played the role of Dracula). 3)
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, Hebrew Joseph Francis Keaton (born October 4, 1895, in Piqua, died February 1, 1966, in Los Angeles) is an American film actor; director, screenwriter, and comedian, known as “the man with the stone face”. 4)
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) was an American actor and sportsman of German descent. He is best known for playing the title role in a series of 12 films about Tarzan. Johnny Weissmuller in the 1920s was one of the best swimmers, an Olympian, winning five gold medals in swimming and one bronze medal in water polo. 5)