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Buster Keaton - filmography
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The Golden Age Of Comedy
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, Lucille Ball
Director: Robert Youngson
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Features a collection of comic clips from the 1950s. Includes footage taken from: 'The Jack Benny Show', 'The Bob Hope Chevy Show', The Ed Wynn Show', 'The Camel Comedy Caravan', 'The Colgate Comedy Hour', 'The Phil Silvers Special' and 'The Ernie Kovacs Show'.
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Charlie Chaplin - Limelight
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin plays an ageing music-hall comedian who befriends a young dancer (Claire Bloom) who has attempted suicide. Highlights include a famous Chaplin-Buster Keaton comedy skit as the two comedians portray faded stars seeking an audience in a changing world.
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Sunset Boulevard
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich Von Stroheim
Director: Billy Wilder
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Billy Wilder's masterpiece, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, it stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis. Narrated in flashbacks by the now-deceased scribe, the film unwinds the series of ..read more »
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Speak Easily
on DVD
(1932)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Hedda Hopper
Director: Edward Sedgwick
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A dim-witted professor inherits a Broadway Musical so gives up his teaching job and goes to meet the cast. There he comes across famous names and much behind-the-scenes intrigue.
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Comedy Greats - Buster Keaton
on DVD
(1928)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
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Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928). Buster Keaton stars in the story of a college-educated young man who comes home to help his father work on his Mississippi River steamboat and immediately demonstrates just what a landlubber he is. Watch in amazement as the front of a building falls on Keaton and he walks ..read more »
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College
on DVD
(1927)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Ann Cornwall, Florence Turner
Director: James Horne
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Three features. Buster Keaton demonstrates both comic and dramatic skills as he parodies the evils of intolerance in prehistoric times, ancient Rome and in modern times. 'College is centred around life on a college campus and in 'Steamboat Bill Jr' the son of a riverboat captain falls in love with ..read more »
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Buster Keaton - Vol. 6
on DVD
(1926)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Three features. In 'College' a conscientious student of Clayton College finds himself battling it out on the athletics field as he strives to win the affection of his coed. Also features 'Pale Face' and 'Blacksmith'.
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The General
on DVD
(1926)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavander
Director: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
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A young railroad engineer is prevented from enlisting in the Confederate Army because of his profession. A year later he is able to free his girlfriend who is a passenger on a train hijacked by Union soldiers. Historians consider this film to be the last truly classic comedy of the silent film era. ..read more »
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The Three Ages
on DVD
(1923)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery
Director: Buster Keaton
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Inspired by D.W. Griffiths Intolerance, Buster Keaton stars in this hilarious comedy in which two young men compete for the same girl in different epochs: the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, and America during Prohibition.
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from 26 members
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Buster Keaton - Vol. 2
on DVD
(1920)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Four classic Buster Keaton shorts: 'Neighbors' is an updated Romeo and Juliet and set in an area where Buster and Virginia's families live. 'One Week' finds newlyweds Buster and Sybil being given a portable house as a present. 'The Boat' finds Buster building a boat in the basement of his house. ..read more »
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Buster Keaton - Vol. 1
on DVD
(1920)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Four classic Buster Keaton short films: 'Convict 13' finds Buster playing golf when he is hit by a ball. Whilst out cold an escaped convict steals his clothes and on waking finds himself on his way to prison and due to be hanged the following day. 'The High Signs' sees Buster getting a job in a ..read more »
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Buster Keaton - Vol. 5
on DVD
Starring: Buster Keaton
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Features three films: 'Battling Butler', 'The Frozen North' and 'The Haunted House'.
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Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr
on DVD
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Charles Reisner
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Includes three great silent films starring cinema icon Buster Keaton. In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This silent classic contains the famous ..read more »
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The Buster Keaton Chronicles
(6 discs)
Starring: Buster Keaton
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A collection of 28 films featuring the 'Great Stone Face' himself, Buster Keaton.
Films Comprise:
1.One Week
2.The Saphead
3.Convict 13
4.The Scarecrow
5.Neighbors
6.The Haunted House
7.The Goat
8.The Boat
9.The Playhouse
10.The Paleface
11.Cops
12.My Wife's Relations
13.The ..read more »
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Not available for rental
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Our Hospitality/Sherlock Jr
on DVD
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton
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Features selected Buster Keaton movies, including: 'Our Hospitality', 'Sherlock Jnr.', 'Steamboat Bill Jnr.', 'Convict 13', 'Daydreams', 'The Saphead', 'The High Sign', 'One Week', 'Seven Chances', 'The Balloonatic', 'Neighbours', 'Battling Butler', 'The Haunted House' and 'The Frozen North'.
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Buster Keaton - A Hard Act To Follow
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
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In the space of ten years Buster Keaton made his way to becoming one of the Silent era's most remarkable comedians only to fall from grace when his now-acknowledged classic, The General, bombed at the box office and he found himself reduced to writing gags for the Marx Brothers and forcibly ..read more »
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Buster Keaton - Vol. 8
on DVD
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Edward F. Cline
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Two features. In 'The General' a young railroad engineer is prevented from enlisting in the Confederate Army because of his profession. A year later he is able to free his girlfriend who is a passenger on a train hijacked by Union soldiers. Also features 'The Electric House'.
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Buster Keaton - Go West
Starring: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers
Director: Buster Keaton
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Buster Keaton burlesques the Western in this comedy about a friendless drifter who befriends a cow named Brown Eyes and accompanies her on the cattle train to the stockyards. When rustlers attack, he saves her, and the two of them ride off into the sunset.
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Due for release on 11th January 2010
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When Comedy Was King
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton
Director: Robert Youngson
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Take a fun filled trip back to a bygone era with the greatest silent comedians of all time. Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Ben Turpin and Snub Pollard were just a few of the comedic geniuses who spread laughter and happiness to millions accross the world. Without having to speak a ..read more »
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Due for release on 1st March 2010
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Steamboat Bill Jr.
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(1928)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence
Director: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 67 minutes
Steamboat Bill is excited that his son (Steamboat Bill Jr.) is coming to visit him. When he does, he tries to turn him into a proper person for working on the boats, while his son resists. Meanwhile, Kitty, a girl that he knows from school in Boston, spots him and introduces him to her father, a ..read more »
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College
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(1927)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley
Director: James W. Horne
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Run time: 65 minutes
Ronald's high school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. He fears losing her to rival Jeff, decides to go to college and pay more attention to sports.
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The General
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(1926)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavander
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 76 minutes
A train engineer is turned down when he tries to join the confederate army during the civil war because his job is deemed too important. But when his train is stolen by union soldiers he finds himself in the war after all...
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Battling Butler
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(1926)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Walter James
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 68 minutes
Alfred's father wants him to make of a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does fall in love with a mountain girl. When her father and brothers laugh at this they are informed that he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the championship ..read more »
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Go West
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(1925)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 70 minutes
Buster Keaton burlesques the Western in this comedy about a friendless drifter who befriends a cow named Brown Eyes and accompanies her on the cattle train to the stockyards. When rustlers attack, he saves her, and the two of them ride off into the sunset.
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Seven Chances
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(1925)
Starring: Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 57 minutes
Financial broker Jimmie Shannon is nearly bankrupt when an attorney presents grandfather's will leaving him seven million dollars. In order to inherit the money Jimmie must marry before 7 pm on his 27th birthday - today!
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72%
from 10 members
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Sherlock Jr. - Buster Keaton
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(1924)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Joseph Keaton, Kathryn McGuire
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 45 minutes
Buster Keaton plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle’s master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries.
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88%
from 46 members
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The Baloonatic
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(1923)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 23 minutes
Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon which lands Buster in the wilderness proves useful later on as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.
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The Love Nest
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(1923)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 21 minutes
When Keaton is rejected by his girl friend, he sets out in a small boat seeking forgetfulness. His troubles increase, however, when he takes refuge on a whaling ship. He quickly incurs the wrath of the despotic ship's captain. Making his escape, Buster next encounters a large flotation device which ..read more »
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Our Hospitality
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(1923)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts
Director: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton
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The respective heads of the Canfield and McKay families try to settle an old score, but by killing each other, they merely perpetuate the old feud. Among the many gags is the train ride that zig-zags around obstacles, a wild chase through the mountains and a hair-raising rescue at a high waterfall.
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The Three Ages
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(1923)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 60 minutes
Inspired by D.W. Griffiths Intolerance, Buster Keaton stars in this hilarious comedy in which two young men compete for the same girl in different epochs: the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, and America during Prohibition.
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The Blacksmith
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(1922)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox
Director: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
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Run time: 20 minutes
Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it
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Frozen North The
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(1922)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 20 minutes
This satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic films finds Buster in the frozen north, "last stop on the subway." He uses a wanted poster as his partner in robbing a gambling house. When he thinks he spies his wife making love to another man he shoots them both only to learn it isn't his ..read more »
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Day Dreams
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(1922)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Renee Adoree
Director: Henry 'Hy' Mayer
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Run time: 18 minutes
A sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.
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The Paleface
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(1922)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 20 minutes
Evil oil barons have given the Indians one day to vacate their land. The Indian chief tells his braves to kill the first white man they see. Buster shows up chasing a butterfly. Later he keeps moving the stake to which he is tied and at which he is to be burned. He becomes one of the tribe and ..read more »
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The Electric House
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(1922)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 24 minutes
Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home. He installs lots of fanciful gadgets. The one who should have received the degree gets even by rewiring all the gadgets to wreak havoc.
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The Goat
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(1921)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
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Run time: 24 minutes
Buster is inadvertently identified as the notorious outlaw Dead Shot Dan. He is pursued throughout the city by the local police chief, using disguises and quick-thinking to elude the lawman. He encounters Virginia, a young lady friend, and goes to her home to visit and hide out, only to discover ..read more »
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Neighbours - Buster Keaton Short
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(1921)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Director: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
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Run time: 23 minutes
Two tenement lovers are separated by a high backyard fence. Buster Keaton nonchalantly performs daring acrobatic feats as he traverses clothes-lines and telephone poles to reach his beloved. One of Keaton’s funniest films.
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The Boat
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(1921)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 22 minutes
Buster's handmade boat, The Damfino, is finished and is, of course, too large to get through the basement door. When he drives off with it in tow, the side of his house, then the whole thing, collapses. At the harbor he rides the boat out only to have it sink beneath him. The rest is a series of ..read more »
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The Playhouse
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(1921)
Starring: Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton
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Run time: 24 minutes
The opening scene, a dream sequence prior to the vaudeville routines which follow, is what makes this film famous. In it Keaton plays everyone in a theatre simultaneously (through multiple exposures). He is the band leader, all its members, the dancers on the stage and everyone in the audience.
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Convict 13
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(1920)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 20 minutes
A prisoner escapes from prison and steals and changes clothes of a golf player. The policemen wrongly arrest the player instead and once in prison, he realizes that he is going to be hanged in the afternoon. The player swaps clothes with a guard and fights against a rebellion in the prison.
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The Saphead
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(1920)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Beaulah Booker, Edward Connelly
Director: Herbert Blache, Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith
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Run time: 87 minutes
Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich. His son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter. Mark also nearly ruins the family business by ..read more »
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Scarecrow - Buster Keaton Short
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(1920)
Starring: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Luke the Dog
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
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Run time: 18 minutes
What Is a Home Without a Mother’ reads the sign on the wall of Buster and Big Joe’s bachelor pad – a marvelously inventive house designed for effortless living. A two-reel trick-and-slapstick farce with Buster Keaton and funny furniture doing most of the farcing.
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Buster Keaton facts
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A masterpiece 3 July 2004
...Johnnie(Buster Keaton), a train driver, tries to enlist in the civil war but is turned down and his girlfriend is not impressed, 'Don't talk to me again until you're in unif...
Timeless comedy? 7 March 2005
