Buster Keaton news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Buster Keaton performances. According to Wikipedia: Joseph Frank Keaton, Jr., better known by his stage name Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent film...
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Buster Keaton news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Buster Keaton performances. According to Wikipedia: Joseph Frank Keaton, Jr., better known by his stage name Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent film comic actor and filmmaker. His trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".
Some of the greatest and most distinctive screen talents were often given rather flimsy material - since their qualities were so strong, a dance team like Astaire and Rogers or comedic geniuses like the Marx Brothers usually didn't require the highest concepts nor the most artful constructions within which to do their thing. Indeed, in vehicles like these the plot's primary purpose is not to get in the stars' way. Yet with Buster Keaton, almost every picture is not only a vehicle for his... Read Full Story
"Gawwwwwwww! Gimme a simple answer will ya! 'At's all I ask..." That was the inimitable Buster Keaton speaking. Born to make women swoon, educated to act in films, and trained on the set of Hollywood's Sunset Strip, Keaton was a funny little man who, according to his office manager, "used to sneak up behind people and try to scare them." This was the mark of a funny man indeed! Even his good friend Rudolph Valentino said that Keaton was as unpredictable as a sandwich. Read Full Story
And again, happy new year! Berit and I have been continuing to hibernate at home for days, working on script stuff and other business for the year to come (and finishing up stuff from the year past). I've been watching a lot of Universal monster movies from the 1930s-40s -- pretty much all of them in chronological order. It was slightly for research for Spacemen from Space , but mainly for my own enjoyment, though it was also re-igniting in my head an old project David LM Mcintyre and I had... Read Full Story
Buster Keaton . I was introduced to Buster Keaton in film class and I fell in love. Truth be told, I don't know if I'd even seen a silent film before then, but it opened up a new world to me. I've since introduced my husband to it. Occasionally, they have silent film festivals that we've been to here. For those who haven't had the pleasure, you need to make a point of watching at least one Buster Keaton film in your life. It is the truest form of acting, to have to express everything through... Read Full Story
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Home / headlines / FLICKERS AT THE JUNCTION Hosted by E.J. Stephens - Featuring Silent Comic genius Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality”
January 29, 2009 by admin
Greetings Classic Film Fans! Live Accompaniment by 96-year-old Bob Mitchell - “Last of the Silent Era Organists”, Spend Valentine’s Day with Buster & Bob, Saturday, February 14, 2009 – 7:30 PM, Saugus Train Station at Heritage Junction, (Inside William S. Hart Park), 24107 Newhall Avenue, Newhall... Read Full Story
Almost every day I think about Anita Page, and several times a week I check online to see if she’s still alive. No more. She died today at the age of 98 .
Ms. Page was a movie star of the 20’s and 30’s, appearing in the silent era in one of MGM’s biggest hits, which ultimately led to her being partnered with — and this is why she matters to me — Buster Keaton, in his first talkie, “Free and Easy,” in 1930. Keaton liked her so much he requested her again for “Sidewalks of New York” the... Read Full Story
Cinemaroll > Cinemarolling
by James Chapman , May 20, 2009
During this last century, in the circus of life, there have been many times that we have sent in the clowns to change the mood when we have been in our darkest hours. World War One, 1914 to 1918, the Great Depression, 1929 to 1939, World War Two, 1939 to 1945, the Falklands War, 1982 and the First Gulf War, 1990 to 1991.
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‘The General’ shows him at his best. After the film, though, he entered an unhappy union with MGM.
Montages of Buster Keaton’s career inevitably climax with two images. The first, from “Steamboat Bill Jr.,” is of Keaton standing unawares as the entire front wall of a house crashes down around him. He escapes mortal injury only by the grace of an attic window.
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Aztec on the RiverAztec on the River presents a special showing of the silent movie classic, "The General" starring Buster Keaton on Saturday and Sunday, November 24-25, 2007.
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