Silent Screen Revisited Poem by sylvia spencer

Back in the days when movies were young.
When celluloid reel had just begun,
came a band of stars we'll never foget,
clowning around on a production set.
You can still see old has- beens put on a show,
when you watch a Dvd or a Video.
So lets revisit these old movie scenes,
and live again with these vintage has-beens.
You can giggle and laugh untill your stomach gets cramp,
as I draw back the curtain on the world's first Super Tramp.
With his turned up boots he would give a little kick'
then turn and twist on his walking stick.
All this sort of style gave this little man fame.
Our hat's of to you Charley, there's no forgetting your name.
It was pie in the eye, and all that sort of stuff,
with a bit of friendly persuasion, when the going got tough.
Here we have Max Sennett and the Keystone Cops,
with all those glorious indestuctable props.
Like such as the cars that always crashed in the street,
and the driver would always remain in his seat.
Do you remember Buster Keaton, the first Bionic Man,
the further he was chased, the faster he ran.
He would climb a building, then jump the roof,
It seemed that he had everlasting youth.
His heroic stunts were just a bundle of fun,
and the public just loved him, and hearts were won.
Cowboys and Indians they had them too,
when the Indians came running, the audience would boo.
Tom Mix was the man they sent on the drive,
with his Stetson hat and his 'Colt Forty Five!
Bows and arrows, guns and leather
fighting on a set in make believe weather.
These are only a few that decked the Silent Screen
who worked in a world that now, has been,
but they left a legacy that will never been denied,
they made you laugh until you cried.