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Two new books about a legendary silent film comic — Dana Stevens' Camera Man and James Curtis' Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life — give fans new reason to revisit Keaton's work.
Buster Keaton, the "Great Stone Face" Now arriving back on the scene, it's Buster Keaton – silent film star, comedian, acrobat, director, special-effects innovator, and now the subject of two ...
“Battling Butler” from 1926 is among the films screening as part of the Buster Keaton retrospective at the Music Box Theatre (through June 6). In it, Keaton plays an overly pampered cit… ...
But Buster Keaton, whose films “Go West” and “One Week” will be shown at the Paramount Theatre on Nov. 21 to kick off a new season of Silent Movie Mondays, was far from stoic.
Jun. 18—ANDERSON — Before there was "Jackass" or Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton. Keaton captured the hearts and stomachs of audiences during the era of silent films with his original ...
From silent classics to superhero blockbusters, the big screen has it all this weekend! WEMU's David Fair met up with Marquee ...
Buster Keaton labored over his fifth and shortest feature length film, Sherlock Jr., for five months.
Buster Keaton was Hollywood's original actor-director-stuntman star, both incredibly athletic and a fearless filmmaking daredevil.
Velocipede used by Buster Keaton in his 1923 film Our Hospitality. Also known as a pedestrian curricle, gentleman's hobby horse, or swift walker, this proto-bicycle became popular around 1818 when ...
The event features a screening of Buster Keaton’s 1924 film “The Navigator,” which played at The Lerner on its opening night, Nov. 27, 1924.
Buster Keaton was one of the biggest stars of the silent era, but his cameo in "Sunset Boulevard" marks a poignant moment in his career.
Keaton and his mother fled to New York City, where at age 21, Buster came under the wing of filmmaker Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, with whom he made over a dozen short films.