Can you name this silent film trailblazer?

In the 1920s, comedian and silent film trailblazer Buster Keaton enjoyed massive critical success with pictures like 'The Navigator' (1924) and 'The General' (1926). Like the other two top silent era comedians of the day—Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd—Keaton produced and owned his own films. Unlike his two box office rivals, however, Keaton decided to sell his company to a major studio (MGM)—and regretted surrendering artistic control for the rest of his life. His MGM films were significantly inferior to his previous work; he never regained the film-making independence and success he'd achieved prior to the sale. By the time MGM fired him in 1932, Keaton was a penniless alcoholic. Chaplin and Lloyd enjoyed massive financial success in their lifetimes.

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