Interview with christopher bishop, in film quarterly berkeley, fall 1958. The rundown on samuel beckett and buster keatons tribute to silent chase comedies. The scene stealers, buster keaton and ed wynn 1962. His elaborate slapstick made audiences scream with. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname the great stone face. Joseph frank buster keaton october 4, 1895 february 1, 1966 was an american actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. When we made pictures, we ate, slept and dreamed them.
Pdf dorothy parker what fresh hell is this download. The buster keaton story is a 1957 american drama film directed by sidney sheldon and written by sidney sheldon and robert smith. Released to coincide with the centenary of keaton s birth, this comprehensive biography fills gaps in the silentfilm comedians life history while dispelling a few rumors. Free and easy, whose working title was on the set, was buster keatons first starring role in a film shot for sound he had appeared in mgms talking the hollywood revue of 1929, but did not speak. This biography of buster keaton provides detailed information about his. The general based on a real incident during the american civil war when a posse of northern soldiers hijacked a confederate train and a lone southern engineer found himself fighting the lot of them alone. He went on to garner immense popularity earning the epithet the great stone face for his physical comedy that became his trademark.
Buster keaton was a comedian and actor famous for his stoic and deadpan expression in his silent films. As with his previous film for mgm, spite marriage, production on. Buster keaton is a far cry from the crude impudence proliferating as humor. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The butcher boy 1917 on a blustery day in march 1917, buster keaton was introduced to rosoce fatty arbuckle, at that time only second to chaplin in his popularity. These are the films of american actor, comedian, and filmmaker buster keaton. Keaton was the original stoic also known as the great stone face, and possibly the toughest man in show business history. On a whim, keaton took crew member edward brophy and used him in a comedy role in the cameraman 1928. Cut to the chase is a startling and moving account of the troubled life of a. Tempest in a flat hat, which culls a lot of material together and comes.
She studied drama at santa ana college, before dropping out in favor of the neighborhood playhouse in new york. Based on four years of research and more than 200 interviews with notables such as billy wilder, leni riefenstahl, gene kelly, douglas fairbanks, jr. During the railroad watertank scene in sherlock jr. 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. The general in the center of the rock river bridge to cut off the unions important supply line. Buster keatons masterpiece and one of the greatest silent movies of all time was filmed in the. His elaborate slapstick made audiences scream with laughter. The navigator is a 1924 comedy directed by and starring buster keaton.
It was released on april 21, 1957, by paramount pictures. An american icon, joseph frank buster keaton is easily acknowledged as one of. Buster keaton, baseball player society for american baseball. Buster keaton in a chase scene from his feature seven chances 1925. It features kathryn mcguire, joe keaton and ward crane in 1991, sherlock jr. An american icon, joseph frank buster keaton is easily.
Cut to the chase a biography por marion meade disponible en rakuten kobo. In the year 2000, dragga became a freelance videographer and. Buster keaton and eddie clines the high sign 1921 is not only among keatons most breathlessly inventive tworeelers it is also, along with his nearly nihilistic cops 1922, among his most subversive, positing the clown not merely as an outsider but as a selfabsorbed deviant and unthinking lawbreaker. The film stars buster keaton who codirected it with clyde bruckman. My wonderful world of slapstick by buster keaton with charles samuels. On the advent of buster keatons 100th birthday, meade presents the d.
Buster keaton director films as director and actor. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression. Buster keaton and wife natalie talmadge take a baseball break. So, grab a few of busters films, sit back and enjoy one of cinemas greatest, and influential directors youll be hooked. In 1920 producer joe schenck bought charlie chaplins old movie studio, renamed it keaton studios, and turned it over to buster keaton. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read buster keaton. Buster keaton biography childhood, life achievements. The rundown on samuel beckett and buster keatons tribute.
He made 19 shorts before graduating to features and those films are masterpieces of silent comedy. 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. Buster made his name as a child of vaudeville, thrown around the stage by his father in a cartoon pantomime of very real abuse. That decision launched brophy on his own notable comedy career. This channel is dedicated to the genius of buster keaton and family. But now its up to gray and his love, annabelle lee, to reclaim the general, recross enemy lines, and warn the confederates. Why buster keatons the general is the one film you should.
Diane keatons academy awardwinning career, both in front of and epub behind the camera, has made her a cinema legend and touchstone for a generation. Buster keaton 18951966 was a brilliant comedian and filmmaker who. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. The film was written by clyde bruckman and codirected by donald crisp.
Keatons 1960 memoir is called my wonderful world of slapstick ebook. In 1995, draggas filmography of buster keaton, the most complete filmography to date, was published in buster keaton. The general is a 1926 american silent comedy film released by united artists. Speaking with your body is a lost art that reached its apogee during the buster keaton era. Cut to the chase a biography by marion meade available from rakuten kobo. Cut to the chase, biographer marion meade seamlessly lays out the life and works of this comedy genius who lacked any formal education.
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. It was inspired by the great locomotive chase, a true story of an event that. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Keaton, buster 18951966 us comic silentfilm actor and director. Joseph frank keaton october 4, 1895 february 1, 1966, known professionally as buster. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book.
Our hospitality 1923, seven chances 1925 and the general 1926 are preeminent among the. Buster keatons sons robert, 18, and james, 20, legally change their last names to talmadge after a petition to the court by keatons exwife natalie talmadge. An american icon, joseph frank buster keaton is easily acknowledged as one of the greatest filmmakers in early cinema. Keaton is easily acknowledged as one of the greatest filmmakers in early cinema and beyond. While you might not immediately think donald oconnor would be the perfect choice to play buster keaton, after you watch the buster keaton story, youll change your mind.
October 4, 1895 february 1, 1966 was an american comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer who is generally ranked alongside charlie chaplin in the pantheon of silentera movie comedy. Buster keaton or the work of comedy in the age of mechanical reproduction, in cineaste new york, vol. Publication date 1960 topics motion pictures, motion picturesbiography publisher new york. In the 1980s, he worked as a researcher and graphic designer with raymond rohauer, who preserved many of buster keatons films. Buster was a trained stuntman and donald was a trained dancer. The film stars donald oconnor, ann blyth, rhonda fleming, peter lorre, larry keating and jackie coogan. An unlikely match can still charm notfilm takes a fascinating look at a short beckettkeaton collaboration.
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