He traveled around the world three times , made NUMBER@1 movies -LRB- NUMBER@2 silent films and NUMBER@3 `` talkies '' -RRB- , wrote more than NUMBER@4 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns , and became a world-famous figure .

During his life he traveled around the world three times , made NUMBER@1 movies -LRB- NUMBER@2 silent films and NUMBER@3 `` talkies '' -RRB- , wrote more than NUMBER@4 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns , making him a world-famous figure .
