Word: keaton
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...bottom of an empty swimming pool. The modern Hollywood is reflected in a gallery of expertly drawn types. Actress Desmond's Hollywood of the past comes alive in the fantastic trappings of her house and in her visiting bridge companions ("the Waxworks"), played by Hollywood Oldtimers Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson and H. B. Warner...
...with Pity. Even among the innumerable literary pessimists of Paris, 48-year-old Marcel Aymé sets something of a record in his skepticism about the human, race. A dour man with big ears and a considerable resemblance to Buster Keaton, he has a reputation for his provoking silences in company. (When André Gide kindly congratulated him on one of his plays recently, Aymé stared at the old master without saying a word.) In his books, there are only two emotions Aymé has any use for, humor and pity...