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The Gesture Comedy of Buster Keaton
Margaret Lay, who plays that woman in "The Godfather," was shunted off to Keaton after three days on set. Frank Lloyd said she couldn't act and he was basically shunted off onto Keaton. Like nobody cared when the leading ladies were in his comedy is Joe Skink. But it still matters in silent movies that you can act.