This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show

From The Play House (1921), directed, written and produced by and starring Buster Keaton. Score by Robert Israel.

There's no trick photography; "Keaton in effect split the screen into nine fragments, one for each minstrel, "courtesy of a custom-designed shuttered lightproof casing that fit over the camera. . . . To create the minstrels, the shutters simply were opened one at a time, with the film rewound in between. However, mechanical precision was not enough. It took the steady arm of cameraman Elgin Lessley -- the human metronome -- to crank each exposure at exactly the same speed. And then -- to achieve onscreen synchronicity -- Buster had to give nine flawless, identical performances. . . . One slipup -- by anyone, on any take -- would ruin the strip of film, and with it all the previous work". ('Tempest in a Flat Hat', Edward McPherson, Newmarket, 2005)

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[synthetikbeauty]

Buster Keaton changed the way cinema is made. He is amazing.

[amanda1965]

and looks quite pretty in drag to boot!

[Censes]

Holy crap this is CRAZZZYY!!

[casperx23]

The expression on Buster's face are timeless and classic. Not very many people can express so much with such a stone look. Make sure to check out his other works. There are so many.Thanks for posting this!

[creamofcardstv]

I like your video clip and have rated it as awesome. Please check out my clip of silent movie star tobacco cards. They include: Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Tom Mix, Jackie Coogan, Harold Lloyd and many more.

[SkellingtonSkullz]

Aw man, I loved the bit when the old man got coca-cola poured on his head and washed the powder out of Keaton's hair to show that wasn't his natural colour! Right, Keaton was a genius, screw my mate for saying she didn't think it was funny!!!

[drmoonrat]

screw eddie murphy! Buster keaton's the best! Im impressed with how well that special effect worked back then.

[lizismestupid]

Wow. He's awesome. Thanks for posting.