Hopelessly in love with a woman working at mgm studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire. 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. A 1957 film biography, the buster keaton story, starring donald oconnor as keaton was released. Still, the navigator beats out most modern comedies. Harold lloyd made us laugh as much, charlie chaplin moved us more deeply, but no one had more courage than buster. The cameraman was keaton s first film with metrogoldwynmayer.
In contrast to that other comic genius, chaplin, keaton was a very poor businessman, so any money that he earned was not wisely invested or managed. Buster keaton leaves his family vaudeville act for the movies. Lesters selfconsciously wacky approach is ohsovery swingin. The story was adapted from the memoir the great locomotive chase by william pittenger.
Then, as the decade drew to a close, his influential brand of extreme slapstick and stunt work hit a bump in the road. Buster keaton biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Buster keaton in the goat 1921 colorized silent movie color. Kaufen sie the complete buster keaton short films gunstig ein. He made numerous short films as well as such feature films as three ages, sherlock, jr. Apr 16, 2019 buster keaton was comedian and film director who starred in silent films in the 1920s. Buster keaton is walking by and peers through a barred window while captured murderer dead shot dan is having his picture taken. The film stars donald oconnor, ann blyth, rhonda fleming, peter lorre, larry keating and jackie coogan. Having never traveled canada, i am pleasantly surprised to hear this amazing country shown in this film still exists. Douglas fairbanks presents, episode the awakening 1954 as the man. I think steamboat bill, jr 1928 is probably the funniest, just in terms of laughs. From this aspect this movie is very interesting, however most of the gags here are old and were pulled off much better in earlier keaton movies. The persistence of comedy by film analyst and writer, imogen sara smith.
Buster keaton johnnie gray marion mack annabelle lee glen. For buster keaton, the era of the talkies was a tumultuous time. It utilised some incredible stunts and good comical tricks, but i find it rather distasteful to make a comedy about the civil war. The twilight zone, episode once upon a time 1961 as woodrow mulligan the janitor candid camera, episode in the diner 1962. He was a contemporary of charlie chaplin and started in vaudeville. The final work over which he maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decadelong run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time.
The film enjoys extraordinary popularity and has an outstanding rating 8. Buster keatons the general 4k restoration official us trailer. In the next two months the town of marietta, ga, was built near the oregon town of cottage grove. These are the films of american actor, comedian, and filmmaker buster keaton. Announcing season 2 of cohen film classics on kcet and link tv. 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. Feb 06, 2014 after creating this video full of various clips of his stunts and all, i have learned buster keaton is truly a legendary. The complete buster keaton short films 4 dvds uk import. The greatest of the silent clowns is buster keaton, not only because of what he did, but because of how he did it. Each world has more than 20 groups with 5 puzzles each. Buster keaton celebrity profile check out the latest buster keaton photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Buster keatons sherlock jr 4k restoration official us trailer. Joseph frank keaton was born on october 4, 1895 in piqua, kansas, to joe keaton and myra keaton. Yesterday, the silent film society of chicago presented a special screening of buster keatons 1928 film the cameraman at saint john. Buster keaton was not the great stone face so much as a man who kept his composure in the center of chaos. Buster keaton movies buster keaton filmography academy honorary award winning famous yesteryear american actor, comedian, filmmaker, screenwriter, and stunt performer buster keaton began his journey in the entertainment industry as a child artist. With donald oconnor, ann blyth, rhonda fleming, peter lorre.
Cut to the chase by marion meade highlighted the comedians background in an attempt to shed light on the performers demons. Documentary on the life and works of comic genius buster keaton, directed by peter bogdanovich. A silent film comic actor and director almost without peer whose best. Because the price is pretty high, i needed some help to make up my mind about this box set. Thus, when joseph schenck sold keaton s contract to mgm in 1928, just as the silent era was closing, buster had no choice but to give up his relative autonomy to louis b. Zero mostel, phil silvers, buster keaton, michael crawford movie version of the hit broadway musical by shevelove, gelbart and sondheim, with manic performances from mostel, silvers and crawford. Buster keaton, american film comedian and director, the great stone face, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian. The popularity of life with buster keaton on television led to a comeback for the then55yearold comedian, including a 1957 big studio biography starring donald oconnor.
The selfdestruction of buster keaton factors which led. Academy honorary award winning famous yesteryear american actor, comedian, filmmaker, screenwriter, and stunt performer buster keaton began his journey in the entertainment industry as a child artist. Buster s father plays a train engineer while buster s infant son plays a baby version of buster in the films prologue. Other silent actors might mug to get a point across, but keaton remained observant and collected. Joe and myra were vaudevillian comedians with a popular, everchanging variety act, giving keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. Perhaps best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will. Oct 18, 2018 seeing is believing with buster keaton, a movie god who continues to inspire awe more than half a century after his death. It has many crosswords divided into different worlds and groups. Overview of the buster keaton story, 1957, directed by sidney sheldon, with donald oconnor, ann blyth, rhonda fleming, at turner classic movies. In 1862, after spies steal his locomotive, the general, he wages a oneman battle to recover it. Buster keaton our hospitality 1923 full movie youtube. Codycross is a famous newly released game which is developed by fanatee. Keaton portrays the engineer johnnie gray, who is rejected by the confederate army and then suffers the further humiliation of his girlfriends.
Jun 25, 2014 the cameraman is a 1928 american silent comedy directed by edward sedgwick and an uncredited buster keaton. Cohen film collection is part of the cohen media group. Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on. This shot from the 1926 buster keaton movie the general.
Buster keaton was comedian and film director who starred in silent films in the 1920s. If youve never seen buster keaton or, for that matter, a silent film go find this one and watch it. 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. Nov 10, 2002 the greatest of the silent clowns is buster keaton, not only because of what he did, but because of how he did it. Why you really do need to see buster keatons the general. The generals engineer, johnny grey keaton, spends the first half racing after iton foot, handcar, bicycle, and another trainand, once he has stolen it back, the second half in flight. Screen directors playhouse, episode the silent partner 1955 as kelsey dutton. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend, illusionist harry.
In 1957, keaton sold the rights to his life story to paramount pictures, who hired him as a technical advisor for the buster keaton. Hammons educational pictures which, despite its name, specialized in comedy short subjects. Happy to say that this buster keaton page is the 49th afi page leaving only mary pickford to complete. Buster keaton was an american comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. The buster keaton story is a 1957 american drama film directed by sidney sheldon and written by sidney sheldon and robert smith. Buster keaton is at the peak of his slapstick powers in the cameramanthe first film that the silentscreen legend made after signing with mgm, and his last great masterpiece.
The general 1926 starring buster keaton internet archive. With buster keaton, marceline day, harold goodwin, sidney bracey. The 1965 documentary provides an absorbing portrait of keaton relaxing, telling yarns and plotting the next days action with considerable flair. The copies previously uploaded here were either incomplete or. In one case he reprises a stunt from steamboat bill jr.
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 deemed. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The butcher boy 1917 1st buster keaton movie appearance fatty arbuckle by change before going productions. Are you looking for neverending fun in this exciting logicbrain app. At that time, he was hired as gag man and a costar. The general is buster keaton s most memorable work. I just bought the ultimate buster keaton collection bluray box set and im pretty happy with it but its not for everybody. The rosemary clooney show, 1956 as keystone policeman. The navigator is a 1924 comedy directed by and starring buster keaton. Mar 10, 2014 buster s father plays a train engineer while buster s infant son plays a baby version of buster in the films prologue. Buster keaton was a comedian and actor famous for his stoic and deadpan expression in his silent films. A situation was set up at the films start which was never advanced at all. Jan 17, 2017 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.
Keaton s wife natalie was pregnant with their second child during filming. The full length featured movie of keaton was the saphead in 1920. As no episodes of the series are commercially available, this dvd is an invaluable document of this era of the comedians career. The screenplay, by sidney sheldon, who also directed the film, was loosely based on keatons life but contained many factual errors and merged his three wives into one character. This film is a documentary about the filming of one of buster keatons movies. One of our goals here at ultimate movie rankings is do a career movie page on every member of the american film institutes top 50 greatest screen legends list. Oct 12, 2017 a newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kits component numbering. It was inspired by the great locomotive chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the american civil war. The great buster celebrates the life and career of one of americas most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, buster keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the. A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kits component numbering. He went on to garner immense popularity earning the epithet the great stone face for his physical comedy that became his trademark. The picture stars buster keaton, marceline day, harold goodwin, and others. The film stars buster keaton who codirected it with clyde bruckman at the time of its initial release, the general. Codycross is an addictive game developed by fanatee.
When union spies steal an engineers beloved locomotive, he pursues it singlehandedly and straight through enemy lines. The general is a 1926 american silent comedy film released by united artists. The first appearance of keaton in the silent movie was in the butcher boy. The great buster is a solid primer on what made keaton not just one of the most important and funniest comedians in the history of the movies but also one of its most visionary directors. He seems like a modern visitor to the world of the silent clowns. Buster keaton the navigator orig trade ad 1924 ebay.
Mar, 2020 buster keaton, american film comedian and director, the great stone face, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. The film was written by clyde bruckman and codirected by donald crisp. The general buster keaton full length action movie. Directed by clyde bruckman, buster keaton produced by joseph schenck, buster keaton scenario by al boasberg, clyde bruckman, buster keaton.
The goat is a 1921 american tworeel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring buster keaton. Dec 05, 2017 when union spies steal an engineers beloved locomotive, he pursues it singlehandedly and straight through enemy lines. It was released on april 21, 1957, by paramount pictures. Planet earth, under the sea, inventions, seasons, circus, transports. 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. As a result of signing with mgm, the quality, the quality of his ambitious, eclectic comedies began to decline and in 1934, he signed a contract with earle w. Bits of 1926 hollywood train wreck are still in row river the movie was the general, starring buster keaton. The railrodder is amazing, and contrary to previous discussions, keaton was a survivor of alcoholism, and his dignity and wit shine through even as cancer was ravaging him. The keaton commemoration is returning to bowlus arts center, iola, ks. The international buster keaton society was established in 1992 with the purpose of fostering understanding and perpetuating appreciation of the life, career and films of buster keaton. Casting director gloria brent is in love with him, but he favors a starlet. Keaton began making guest appearances on television shows, and the now sober star made his way back into supporting roles in major movies most notably around the world in 80 days and charlie chaplins limelight. He starts out as a bit player but quickly becomes famous as he acts in and directs his own films.