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Five Facts About Buster Keaton


10 Interesting Facts About Silent Film Star Buster Keaton

Most people don't know this screen legend's remarkable life story, so here are 10 interesting facts about the man, his career, and his legacy.

Major Buster Keaton biography coming in 2021 from James Curtis

In his earlier movie "Sherlock Jr.," Keaton unknowingly broke his neck on camera. While he was dubbed "The Great Stone Face," Keaton's low key ...

Remembering Buster Keaton and “The Navigator” (1924)

Born Joseph Frank Keaton on October 4, 1895, little Joe Keaton learned early on that he had the skills and desire to make people laugh. At the ...

What Made Buster Keaton's Comedy So Modern? | The New Yorker

Curtis is particularly good on the early years. Joseph Frank Keaton spent his youth in his parents' knockabout vaudeville act; by the time he ...

Buster Keaton - Biography - IMDb

Buster Keaton. Actor: The General. Joseph Frank Keaton was born on ... 5′ 5″ (1.65 m). Mini Bio. Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in ...

Fact-checking a story about Charlie Chaplin, Universal and Buster ...

The executives there wanted to replace Buster Keaton, as he had become far too demanding. A reply from Universal voices several concerns about ...

Changing Perceptions of Buster Keaton's 1926 The General

In fact, tracing Keaton's many iterations, from shorts to silent features and including his miserable life during his MGM years, Stevens ...

Pamela Drive - Buster Keaton - The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills

He was, in fact, the star and a skilled acrobat. His father would literally throw him across the stage, into the orchestra pit, or even into the audience, using ...

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 | Public Libraries in Jefferson County

Curtis, James, 1953-. Buster Keaton : a filmmaker's life · Stevens, Dana (Film critic). Camera man : Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema, and the invention of the ...

5 BUSTER KEATON'S BLACK DEADPAN - De Gruyter

Figure 5.14. Buster Keaton with a raggedy doll, Speak Easily,. 1932. From the Metro- Goldwyn-. Mayer production and biography.

Buster Keaton by James Curtis - Penguin Random House

**One of Literary Hub's Five “Most Critically Acclaimed” Biographies of 2022** From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis—a major biography ...

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Five Facts About Buster Keaton, Hollywood Pioneer. You might have recognized a familiar face in our new brand—that of silent film pioneer Buster Keaton. And why ...

Centennial Top Ten Little-Known Facts About Buster Keaton

10. Whenever he was ill in his youth, he was replaced in the Three Keatons act by his brother Shemp Keaton 9. Frank Capra claimed he invented his entire screen ...

Keaton Plus - Silent Era : Home Video Reviews

... Buster Keaton DVD boxset which contains a cornucopia of footage, photos and fun facts that covers more than forty years of Buster's career as an entertainer. — ...

Dennis Anyone? Houdini Source of Buster Keaton Name

Today is the birthday of comedian Buster Keaton, born Joseph Frank Keaton in Piqua, Kansas (1895). ... Interesting facts about new I.B.M. and S.A.M. presidents ...

Jules - Inimitable BK

So Alice and Viola made up their regular social foursome around 1918-20. Buster, Viola, Rosco, and Alice. Biographies of Buster ... fact, Buster Keaton. Maybe he ...

Buster Keaton - The Early Cinema

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer.

What are some crazy/cool facts about Buster Keaton? - Masud teacher

I wouldn't call this fact particularly crazy or cool, but it aroused my curiosity. During the 1950s, Buster Keaton was considered for the ...

Michael Keaton - Wikipedia

He gained wider stardom portraying the title superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He took roles in Clean and Sober (1988), Much Ado About ...

Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin headline this Silent Film festival ...

Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin headline this Silent Film festival Saturday, November 16 at 5 pm at Glen Ridge Congregational Church, UCC.