BUNNY TO BUSTER: Beyond Just Bookends to Silent Film Comedy.

BUNNY, John; KEATON, Buster, 1895-1966; FIELDS, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946

The article offers information on John Bunny, who was the first international cinema comedy star of the U.S. It is stated that persona of Bunny could be called a template for the later screen character of W.C. Fields. It is noted that Bunny helped inaugurate the silent screen clown, Buster Keaton, who became the only real artistic rival to comedian Charlie Chaplin.