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Buster Keaton Classics
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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.
Years active‎: ‎1898–1966


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Movie: Limelight ( 1952 )
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives.
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Movie: The Devil to Pay ( 1960 )
Industrial film made by the National Association of Wholesalers in 1960 that shows what happens when a NASA rocket accidentally lands on the Devil's (Buster Keaton) flower garden.
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Movie: Lifetime of Comedy ( 1960 )
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Movie: The Home Owner ( 1961 )
A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their ...
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Movie: Medicine Man ( 1962 )
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Movie: The Great Chase ( 1962 )
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Movie: The Triumph of Lester Snapwell ( 1963 )
A low-budget industrial film shot for Eastman Kodak in 1963, The Triumph Of Lester Snapwell shows all troubles of a man (named Lester Snapwell - Keaton), who, in the late 1860's, tries to photograph his sweetheart, Clementine, (Nelsson) and her mother (Varela). However, he has too much trouble with the bulky camera. Then he is accidently killed and father time transports him forward, and In each successive era, Lester struggles with the photographic technology of the day. When he arrives in the'current' 1960's, the new "Kodak Instamatic" camera puts all of Lester's troubles to rest.
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Movie: The Sound of Laughter ( 1963 )
Ed Wynn narrates this compilation of short subjects produced in the 1930s by Educational Pictures. Educational's talent roster included young performers on the way up, older stars who were still popular, and Broadway and vaudeville headliners. This feature offers a representative sampling from all three categories. The clips are not identified, but the major sequences are taken from GRAND SLAM OPERA and ONE-RUN ELMER with Buster Keaton, THE HITCH HIKER with Harry Langdon, HOTEL ANCHOVY with The Ritz Brothers, DREAM HOUSE with Bing Crosby, POPPIN' THE CORK with Milton Berle, MONTAGUE THE MAGNIFICENT with Bert Lahr, GOING SPANISH with Bob Hope and Leah Ray, THE INVENTORS with Col. Stoopnagle and Budd, GLAD RAGS TO RICHES with Shirley Temple, and CUPID TAKES A HOLIDAY with Danny Kaye. Shorter clips appear from the Educational shorts MR. WIDGET, DATES AND NUTS, THE BASHFUL BALLERINA, MILLION DOLLAR MELODY, SHE'S MY LILLY, WAY UP THAR, ALL-AMERICAN KICKBACK, and TWO LAME DUCKS, among others.
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Movie: Breath Death ( 1964 )
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Movie: Lifetime of Comedy ( 1964 )
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Movie: Stan Laurel Funeral ( 1965 )
Footage of the funeral of famous comic Stan Laurel.
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Movie: The Railrodder ( 1965 )
After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).
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Movie: Buster Keaton Rides Again ( 1965 )
This film is a documentary about the filming of one of Buster Keaton's movies: The Railrodder (1965).
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Movie: Film ( 1966 )
A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived), Keaton's very existence conspires against his efforts
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Movie: The Scribe ( 1966 )
Amateur journalist Buster covers a story about construction site safety regulations and gets first-hand experience in the process.
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Movie: Hollywood in Spanien ( 1966 )
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Movie: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1966 )
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.