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| Mixed Magic | |
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| Directed by | Raymond Kane Buster Keaton |
| Story by | Arthur L. Jarrett Marcy Klauber |
| Produced by | E. H. Allen E. W. Hammons |
| Starring | Buster Keaton |
| Cinematography | George Webber |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 18 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mixed Magic is a 1936 American short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.
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Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" as having made him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". In 1996, Entertainment Weekly recognized Keaton as the seventh-greatest film director, and in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.
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