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.

“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 city guy ...

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A hundred years later, the sequence still radiates an otherworldly aura: a man wearing a porkpie hat walks down the aisle of ...

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 ...

7. The Runaway Motorcycle. Film: Sherlock Jr., 1924 In this climactic sequence from Sherlock Jr., Buster Keaton races to save his lady love while sitting on the handlebars of a motorcycle ...

From silent classics to superhero blockbusters, the big screen has it all this weekend! WEMU's David Fair met up with Marquee ...

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. In New York, Keaton ...

Object Details Description 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 ...

As the trailer notes, the re-release celebrates the film’s 101st anniversary next year. “Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” former R.E.M. guitarist ...