How did the “workers carry glass pane across street, someone smashes through it” thing seen in movies come about?
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Similar types of gags were used in early slapstick movies in the silent movie era. Film stars such as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin both performed several similar gags with great success. However it often involved ladders or planks rather then a pane of glass. Glass is heavy so you rarely see people carrying them for long distances like that. We first started seeing the same gag with glass in the 70s. First in Italian movies but it eventually made its way into Hollywood as well.
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