March 31, 1993 12 am pt. Special to the times. Webthe arrival of sound proved an enormous challenge for the geniuses of silent comedy.

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His screen trademark was an. Webharold lloyd lacked the vaudeville training and natural comedy of chaplin and keaton, yet he could make us laugh as hard as we did when watching chaplin, and could elicit as much sympathy and suspense as keaton, but he had to work harder at.