The buster keaton story 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The misadventures of buster keaton 1950 complete by eva. The buster keaton story 1957 another old movie blog. Three ages is a 1923 blackandwhite american featurelength silent comedy film starring comedian buster keaton and wallace beery. Back in august kino released the short films collection, a. 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. Despite buster being listed as a technical advisor there is nothing in this film that remotely resembles the true story of the masterful comic. An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian buster keaton. In films that combined comedy with extraordinary physical risks, buster keaton played a brave spirit who. The buster keaton story is not a great film, but oconnor does well in the role and im sure buster liked it. One week 1920 one week was the first film directed by buster keaton to be released after he finished his early period of work alongside fatty. Though it was a contentious time, the film turned out wonderfully and is considered keatons last great film. The complete buster keaton short films masters of cinema dvd. Buster keatons masterpiece and one of the greatest silent movies of all time was filmed in the cottage grove area in the summer of 1926.
It was not a boxoffice success and became the last picture keaton made for united artists. The buster keaton story is a train wreck of a film. When i told him i hadnt, roscoe said, why dont you come over to the colony studios tomorrow morning. Buster keaton complete short films 19171923 bluray unboxing. Watch the films directed by buster keaton on fandor. Photo from jim klines book the complete films of buster keaton. Lesters selfconsciously wacky approach is ohsovery swingin. The child abuse myth is one of the most persistent and pernicious myths about buster keaton. The copies previously uploaded here were either incomplete or too blurry.
Buster keaton was comedian and film director who starred in silent films in. 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. No board featuring silent film stars would be complete without buster. Please read as a biography, this movie is a major disappointment. Authorized by the buster keaton estate and mastered in hd from 35mm archival film elements, the short films collection gathers all of keatons solo silent comedies in one threedisc set. Kaufen sie the complete buster keaton short films gunstig ein. A 1957 film biography, the buster keaton story, starring donald oconnor as keaton was released. Joe and myra were vaudevillian comedians with a popular, everchanging variety act, giving keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing.
There is just so much ridiculousness its hard to take this film seriously. The first feature keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in unlike the saphead 1920, in which he only acted, keaton structured the film like three intercut short films. This film largely left his original filmmaking team intact. Donald oconnor the buster keaton story 1957 youtube. Buster keaton was the victim of child abuse by his father, joe keaton. Buster keatons golden era series austin film society.
Joan crawford, barbara stanwyck, gary cooper, buster keaton and edward g. With his centenary looming, eureka have reissued their previous complete short films boxset on bluray. Buster a vintage poster for college 1927, a silent film comedy starring buster keaton to be screened with live music on wednesday, sept. Buster keatons greatest filmthe general civil war railroad story steam. Even worse, though, is that it makes one of the most wonderful human beings ever to grace the screen into something he never was. Widely considered to be among keatons finest work, the nineteen tworeel shorts are loaded with. Also, the story as offered is a wonderful, simple one that offers a beautiful narrative.
Im 73 and i saw this movie with my parents when i was i had never even heard of buster keaton before this movie. The two best cameos in this film are the ones with laurel and hardy and the slapstick keystone cop routine that includes keaton. Spite marriage 1929, busters final silent film, is still a very good one, but it just seems to lack that complete keaton signature present in his earlier features. This film made me fall in love with buster keaton all over again and, in my opinion, if you can only watch one buster film watch this one. Joseph frank keaton was born on october 4, 1895 in piqua, kansas, to joe keaton and myra keaton. Joseph frank buster keaton october 4, 1895 february 1, 19661 was an american actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. Before marlon brando and james dean, there was buster. Buster keaton 19171928 full movies with musicd playlist. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend, illusionist harry. Pearson, a civil war historian, selfidentified southerner as well as a member of the international buster. The buster keaton story is a 1957 american drama film directed by sidney sheldon and written by sidney sheldon and robert smith. It is an example of one of the most unrealistic biographies produced by hollywood, bearing very little fact in the story. In the summer of 2016, through a series of coincidences, ron was introduced to a professordocumentary filmmaker, frank boring, with the thought of telling this story of young buster on film.
Containing thirtytwo films with a running time of over 740 minutes this collection documents buster keaton s short films between 19171923. In keaton s time, a man being sensitive and in touch with his feelings was not an attractive trait, his films gave his emotions and outlet. Released by united artists, the film is the last product of keatons independent production team and set of gag writers. Beginning with the very first film buster keaton appeared in and continuing through the last, this book provides the title, production year, credits and and synopsis for each keaton film. Buster keaton the complete short films 19171923 bluray. Peter lorre and donald oconnor in the buster keaton story 1957 buster keaton and ann blyth in the buster. Seven chances buster keaton 1925 buster keaton joseph frank keaton,18951966 had a distinguished and productive fiftyyear career as a producer, director, writer, and actor. Before edgar wright and wes anderson, before chuck jones and jackie chan, there was buster keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. In september of 1925, one of buster keatons head gag writers, clyde bruckman, was doing some research on the civil war when he found a reprint of pittengers book which was retitled the great locomotive chase in 1893.
This book is the most comprehensive book ever written about the films of buster keaton. The buster keaton story 1957 based on the life of the silent film comedian donald oconnor and his women ann blyth, rhonda fleming. The screenplay, by sidney sheldon, who also directed the film, was loosely based on keaton s life but contained many factual errors and merged his three wives into one character. The general keaton and clyde bruckman, 1926, which he considered his favourite, was keatons last independently produced film and in many ways presents the apotheosis of his style. Sep 28, 2019 explore classicmoviehubs board buster keaton, followed by 9555 people.
The film was described by allmovie as sublimely inaccurate regarding details of keaton s life. Buster keatons college opens silent film series at. His career is full of such dangerous stunts and hairraising tales that, to the end of his. The script is wildly inaccurate and has several holes.
In 1920 producer joe schenck bought charlie chaplins old movie studio, renamed it keaton studios, and turned it over to buster keaton. The buster keaton story 1957 the movie database tmdb. The first thing was an incident in buster keatons dressing rooms on the metro lot. The four cases or volumes each contain at least four films or at least three discs apiece.
Mar 06, 2014 the buster keatonstory 1957, is a film made perhaps too soon, and which many fans of buster keaton would agree should never have been made at all. Kinos buster keaton collection consists of four multidisc, noneco vortex cases in a thin slipbox. Volume 1 contains the threedisc buster keaton short films collection and the saphead. A 20minute short film to benefit a tuberculosis sanitarium entitled slippery pearls or stolen jools from 1931 contains five afi screen legends. Comic titans life is unfolded at mayfair slapstick artist done by donald oconnor naked eye opens. Buster keatons most personal film features the most expensive shot of the silent film era. Filmmaker buster keaton, maker of the general, cops and other black comedy, romantic. Yet, once you delve deeper into keatons films and his life, it quickly becomes far more complicated than that. Get the best deals on buster keaton movie film stock when you shop the largest online selection at. Buster keaton full movies with misic 19171928 youtube. Capturing keaton s first steps in front of a camera this box set charts his early association with exkeystone kop roscoe fatty arbuckle through to starring in, headlining, and directing his own box. Dopo anni e anni di ricerca, sperando di trovare una collezione completa ed economicamente vantaggiosa, eccola qua. He made numerous short films as well as such feature films as three ages, sherlock, jr.
So what you are left with are the clips of busters stunts. It has made audiences gasp and i dare you not to also. Buster keatons the cameraman is the comics last great silent film, a hilarious and touching story about the misadventures of a wouldbe newsreel cameraman in manhattan. The film stars donald oconnor, ann blyth, rhonda fleming, peter lorre, larry keating and jackie coogan.
Buster keaton on the set of the buster keaton story donald o. The box set also includes extra features, commentaries, and a booklet. It is rife with cliches and so full of inaccuracies that the embarrassment buster keaton apparently felt at its premiere and the critical hammering the. The complete buster keaton short films 4 dvds uk import. Nov 21, 2015 before edgar wright and wes anderson, before chuck jones and jackie chan, there was buster keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. Interview with christopher bishop, in film quarterly berkeley, fall 1958.
It was an apprenticeship of sorts and through it, keaton was given full. It was released on april 21, 1957, by paramount pictures. He starts out as a bit player but quickly becomes famous as he acts in and directs his own films. Jul 08, 2014 pauline kael has hailed it as a piece of native american surrealism. Ron gives walking tours of this historic area, complete with photographs and funny, interesting stories that bring you back to a different time and place.
Buster keatons greatest filmthe general civil war railroad story steam train. Theres no doubt that the familys vaudeville act was a rough one, often called the roughest act in vaudeville, and buster was often referred to as the human mop. Buster keaton collection the cameraman spite marriage. Warner brothers, in association with turner movie classics, has now released the first three films that keaton made at mgm in a two dvd set entitled the buster keaton collection. Jul 25, 2016 philip concannon on a new bluray edition of the complete buster keaton short films, on general release today. Harold lloyd made us laugh as much, charlie chaplin moved us more deeply, but no one had more courage than buster. So far at screenanarchy, weve gone through all of buster keaton s features so far released on bluray, now its time for some shorts. As the stonefaced clown complete with flat, porkpie. Philip concannon on a new bluray edition of the complete buster keaton short films, on general release today. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The buster keaton story 1957 directed by sidney sheldon. This is the complete list of films, listed chronologically, from michael weldons essential and influential the.
Disc c 1920 essential introduction to silent comedy giant buster keaton, full of unbelievable stunts and endless slapstick, featuring eight of his short films. So far at screenanarchy, weve gone through all of buster keatons features so far released on bluray, now its time for some shorts. In 1924, buster keaton directed his first masterpiece, sherlock jr. Beautiful video keaton could really show what he was feeling with those beautiful eyes of his that were truly a window to the soul. Bits of 1926 hollywood train wreck are still in row river the movie was the general, starring buster keaton. Jim kline in seinem buch the complete films of buster keaton. The story itself tho makes very little sense but i did like the way that they were able to somehow integrate all of these cameos of. Film historian discovers unseen footage of buster keatons. 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. A month ago, variety reports, he found another treasure in argentinas museo del cine a 9. Whether you are already a committed fan or a complete novice, we welcome you to laugh along with us. The general is a civil war tale, the fictionalized account of an attempted hijacking of a confederate train called the general by union spies in 1862. Buster and natalies marriage was getting shakey so louis b. May 28, 2011 uncredited gag writer, and working as an assistant director until stage appearances and a renewed interest in his silent film work sparked a buster keaton revival in the 1950s, culminating.
Entertainment will be bringing 32 buster keaton shorts to bluray for the very first time in the uk, when its fourdisc buster keaton the complete short films 1917 1923 comes to the. But what elevates keaton into the pantheon of moviemaking greats is the string of silent films he made during the 1920s. The general buster keaton film analysis senses of cinema. Buster keaton was a comedian and actor famous for his stoic and deadpan expression in his silent films. Joseph frank keaton was born october 4, 1895 in piqua, kansas to vaudeville performers joe and myra keaton. Mayer sent the keatons to europe on the honeymoon that they never had when they first got married. Below, five of the standout shorts from masters of cinemas buster keaton. Buster keaton, who produced and directed the film, plays johnnie gray, the engineer of the general, whose. In 1862, after spies steal his locomotive, the general, he wages a oneman battle to recover it.
Watching the films of buster keaton in kinos buster keaton collection or the ultimate buster keaton collection, according to retailers online is frequently like glimpsing into the future. Sep 29, 2015 in 1924, buster keaton directed his first masterpiece, sherlock jr. Overview of the buster keaton story, 1957, directed by sidney sheldon, with donald oconnor, ann blyth, rhonda fleming, at turner classic movies. We are proud to showcase some of the greatest films of buster keaton, one of the cinemas great artists, who helped create the very vocabulary of film comedy and action. Silent era home page psfl filmographies actors buster keaton a growing source of silent era film information.
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