The series benefited from a company of veteran actors, including marcia mae jones as the ingenue, iris adrian, dick wessel, fuzzy knight, dub taylor, philip van zandt, and his silentera contemporaries harold goodwin, hank mann, and stuntman harvey parry. The five best buster keaton movies of his career tvovermind. Joseph frank keaton october 4, 1895 february 1, 1966, known professionally as buster keaton, was an american actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He was a contemporary of charlie chaplin and started in vaudeville. Buster keaton was not the great stone face so much as a man who kept his composure in the center of chaos. Many would suspect that it was merely a new title given to an old keaton movie by a video company, perhaps even a movie that buster was not even in. Donald oconnor the buster keaton story 1957 youtube. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will. When union spies steal an engineers beloved locomotive, he pursues it singlehandedly and straight through enemy lines. He seems like a modern visitor to the world of the silent clowns. The true story of how he bounced back to become an icon in film history is the beautifully written and thoroughly researched tale lovingly crafted in buster keaton. Buster keaton is the essence of movies, says director and fan werner herzog, and it is hard to argue the point. How buster keaton filmed the general chaplinkeaton.
It was inspired by the great locomotive chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the american civil war. Joe and myra were vaudevillian comedians with a popular, everchanging variety act, giving keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress. Harold lloyd made us laugh as much, charlie chaplin moved us more deeply, but no one had more courage than buster.
The general is buster keaton s most memorable work. Are you looking for neverending fun in this exciting logicbrain app. Perhaps best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression. Why you really do need to see buster keatons the general. The greatest of the silent clowns is buster keaton, not only because of what he did, but because of how he did it. Peter bogdanovich on buster keaton, superheroes, television, and the effect of time on movies matt zoller seitz 201810 peter bogdanovich, film historian and filmmaker, talks about buster keaton, the subject of his new documentary. Buster keaton, meanwhile, is in top form, playing perhaps the most fullyrealized of his various romantic dreamers. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend, illusionist harry. In films that combined comedy with extraordinary physical risks, buster keaton played a brave spirit who. Codycross is a famous newly released game which is developed by fanatee. The story, like all finite stories, is hopelessly simplistic and at times false keaton had a lot more control over his educational shorts than this movie would have you believe, for one but take a look at it anyway, for the many clips and short sequences. Each world has more than 20 groups with 5 puzzles each. The goat is a 1921 american tworeel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring buster keaton.
Buster keatons sherlock jr 4k restoration official us trailer. Buster newton story michael virchinsky 20161031 im 73 and i saw this movie with my parents when i was i had never even heard of buster keaton before this movie. Buster keaton was comedian and film director who starred in silent films in the 1920s. In 1862, after spies steal his locomotive, the general, he wages a oneman battle to recover it. Yesterday, the silent film society of chicago presented a special screening of buster keaton s 1928 film the cameraman at saint john cantius church, complete with organist jay warrens. Cut to the chase by marion meade highlighted the comedians background in an attempt to shed light on the performers demons.
Filled with stunningly restored archival keaton films from the cohen film classics library, the great buster is directed by peter bogdanovich, a filmmaker and cinema historian whose landmark. Quite a few people today dont even know who buster keaton is let alone understand why hes such a prominent figure within the history of cinema. A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriends fathers pocketwatch. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. With buster keaton, marion mack, glen cavender, jim farley. Documentary on the life and works of comic genius buster keaton, directed by peter bogdanovich. It is set during the american civil war 186165 and highlights the theme of personal redemption. Buster keatons talkie free and easy comes to dvd the new.
Buster keaton celebrity profile check out the latest buster keaton photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The persistence of comedy by film analyst and writer, imogen sara smith. Other silent actors might mug to get a point across, but keaton remained observant and collected. Thats one reason his best movies have aged better than those of his rival, charlie chaplin. Mention should be made of the marvelous climactic sequence of steamboat bill jr. With buster keaton, jimmy durante, polly moran, irene purcell. Buster keaton was an american comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. Herbert feinstein chats with buster keaton, one of the biggest stars of the silentmovie years.
The general, american silent comedy film, released in 1927, starring and directed by comedian buster keaton, and cited by many film historians as one of the greatest american movies. The film stars buster keaton who codirected it with clyde bruckman. The final silent feature from comedy giant buster keaton. Before edgar wright and wes anderson, before chuck jones and jackie chan, there was buster keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. He made numerous short films as well as such feature films as three ages, sherlock, jr. The general is a 1926 american silent comedy film released by united artists. It is considered by fans and critics to be keaton still in top form, and it was added to the national film registry in 2005 as being. Buster keaton, american film comedian and director, the great stone face, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. Buster keaton, american film comedian and director, the great stone. The cameraman is a 1928 american silent comedy directed by edward sedgwick and an uncredited buster keaton.
Personally, i think its one of the first films to push the envelope of movies it goes for action, romance, and humor, and it pulls all of those elements together into a terrific movie. The film was written by clyde bruckman and codirected by donald crisp. Buster keaton our hospitality 1923 full movie duration. The picture stars buster keaton, marceline day, harold goodwin, and others. Codycross is an addictive game developed by fanatee.
Preceding the show, these informational slides below prepared by the festivals artistic director anita monga, ran on a loop as people took their seats. Joseph frank keaton, cunoscut sub pseudonimul buster keaton n. Pamela drive buster keaton the legendary estates of. It has many crosswords divided into different worlds and groups. I had the honor of introducing buster keaton s 1926 masterpiece the general at the san francisco silent film festivals inaugural a day of silents festival held in 2014.
Life with buster keaton 1951 was an attempt to recreate the first series on film, allowing the program to be broadcast nationwide. It utilised some incredible stunts and good comical tricks, but i find it rather distasteful to make a comedy about the civil war. Director and film historian peter bogdanovich fell in love with silent film star and filmmaker buster keaton at an early age, and that affection seeps from ever go. This film quite simply has everything, and thats why even among keaton s work it stands out. The indian chief tells his braves to kill the first white man they see. The navigator is a 1924 comedy directed by and starring buster keaton. The selfdestruction of buster keaton factors which led. Many of keatons films from the 1920s remain highly regarded, such as sherlock jr. Joseph frank keaton was born on october 4, 1895 in piqua, kansas, to joe keaton and myra keaton. The general buster keaton full length action movie.
Having already written about keatons the general 1927 in this series. Planet earth, under the sea, inventions, seasons, circus, transports. The copies previously uploaded here were either incomplete or. When buster keaton showed guests around his grand spanishstyle mansion on a three and one halfacre estate a block behind the beverly hills hotel, he sometimes joked, i took a lot of pratfalls to build that dump. At the time of its initial release, the general, an actionadventure comedy made toward the end of the silent era, was not well received by critics and audiences, resulting in mediocre box office returns about half a million dollars domestically, and approximately one. When word got out that keaton was making a comedy of pittingers story, he was refused permission to use the general, which had survived and would laterpartly because of keaton s film be. Buster keaton go west 1925 720p full movie youtube. The story was adapted from the memoir the great locomotive chase by william pittenger. To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour. If youve never seen buster keaton or, for that matter, a silent film go find this one and watch it. The greatest of the silent clowns is buster keaton, not only because of what. An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. Later he keeps moving the stake to which he is tied and at which he is to be burned.
Evil oil barons have given the indians one day to vacate their land. Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on. In honor of the 124th birthday of the great stone face, we look back on keaton s jewish influences and collaborators. While keaton s fame had faded in the states, over in europe he was still very popular. These are the films of american actor, comedian, and filmmaker buster keaton. The secret jewish history of buster keaton the forward. Herzog is one of the film notables appearing in the great buster.
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