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Buster Keaton Laughs
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 6, 2011
Buster Keaton is famous for the deadest of dead pans and we all love him for it. But in Fatty Arbuckle’s 1917 “Coney Island” the script calls for Buster to deliver a big slapstick laugh and he does. He gets a bonk on the head for his trouble, perhaps explaining why he laughs so ra read more
School Field Named After Buster Keaton
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Aug 30, 2011
Buster with a dog. Why? Just cause I can. Perhaps I would have enjoyed elementary school dodge ball more if I had been playing on Buster Keaton Field. It was very slap-sticky anyway. Muskegon’s Bluffton Elementary is all set to christen the ball field Buster Keaton Field. ball fieldbuster kea read more
Even More Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Aug 11, 2011
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Previous posts
Interview with Jeff Rapsis
Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
What an excellent opportunity it was to be able to watch 3 more Bus read more
Buster Keaton in a Kiddie Pool
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jul 28, 2011
What, the title doesn’t say it all? Here’s what I mean, courtesy of a post from Paradise Leased, “Buster Takes a Dip” - Well my goodness… how touching is this photo? That’s Buster (of course, who can mistake that face) in a backyard kiddie pool with his grand ch read more
Locations in Buster Keaton’s The General, Then & Now
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jul 26, 2011
As part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Summer of Silents event series, John Bengston delivered a talk on the locations used for The General. If it’s Buster Keaton, I’m there and this is a nifty little six minutes. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry… we read more
Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Jul 14, 2011
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A coworker mentioned to me back in May that the Somerville Theater was showcasing a Buster Keaton film festival. I thought she may have confused that with the Charlie Chaplin festival read more
The Buster Keaton Bookshelf
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 22, 2011
I just finished reading Buster Keaton: Interviews by Kevin Sweeney. Hearing what Buster has to say about Buster is not only informative but also entertaining. Last week I ordered a copy of The Silent Clowns by Walter Kerr and I have been patiently awaiting its arrival on my doorstep. Then I remembe read more
Buster Keaton in “The Haunted House”
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 17, 2011
Of the five Buster Keaton two-reelers I’ve watched this week, “The Haunted House” is certainly the most ambitious in terms of narrative. Buster is an honest, if hapless, bank teller who is falsely accused for a bank robbery/counterfeiting scheme. Joe Roberts, also a bank teller, i read more
Buster Keaton in “Neighbors”
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 16, 2011
Buster “Neighbors” is Romeo & Juliet set in a tenement courtyard. Buster plays The Boy, in love with The Girl (played by Virgina Fox), who lives just behind the back fence. Not surprisingly, The Boy’s and The Girl’s fathers, Joe Keaton and Joe Roberts respectively, are n read more
Buster Keaton in “The Scarecrow”
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 15, 2011
After my disappointment with “Convict 13,” viewing “The Scarecrow” was like coming home. Just as the excellent “One Week” is a demonstration of the germ of Buster Keaton’s movie making skills, “The Scarecrow” ranks very high in his body of two r read more
Buster Keaton in “Convict 13″
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 14, 2011
I hesitate to say it, oh I am loathe to say it, but… I don’t love “Convict 13″. For his second Comique Film Corp. release, Keaton reverts to standard, well trodden slapstick tropes. It’s not a terrible film, but it misuses his talents and does not display much of the f read more
Buster Keaton in “The Railrodder”
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 14, 2011
As I big fan of both Buster Keaton and Canada, I have to love this NFB production from 1965. The National Film Board of Canada website describes “The Railrodder”: A screen short starring Buster Keaton, this is one of the last films of the comedian’s long career. As “the rail read more
5 Buster Keaton Shorts
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 13, 2011
Just because Buster Keaton week was so fun, and because these shorts are perfect for a dog-day summer afternoon, I’m bumping this post back to the top. Viva la Buster! Keaton began his movie career working in a series of comic shorts with the then popular Fatty Arbuckle. (Isn’t it funny read more
Buster Keaton in “One Week”
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 13, 2011
It’s difficult to watch these early Buster Keaton films without applying hindsight. Pretty much the only lens I can view them through is the one colored by what I know (and love) about Keaton’s later feature film work. I’ll start my week of Buster Keaton reviews by saying, yes, th read more
1964 Buster Keaton Interview from CBC Archives
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 1, 2011
Pearls of wisdom from Buster Keaton. This is a clip posted by CBC on YouTube. I think the entire interview is on the CBC Archives, but I have plug-in problems so I can see it. buster keatoncbcinterview read more
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton
by Matt Phelan
240 pages - Hardcover
Candlewick Press
9780763650797
July 2013
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
IndieBound
Powell's
Maybe I'm a little biased because I work for the publisher but I think this book is fantastic. A couple of years ago I was at a comp read more
Buster Keaton in “The Awakening” (1954)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Buster Keaton in “The Awakening” (1954) Quando os caminhos de Buster Keaton e de Douglas Fairbanks se cruzaram, aconteceu uma mudança: Keaton fez seu primeiro longa-metragem, “O Pesado” (1920), porque Fairbanks o recomendou para os estúdios Metro. Trinta e quatro read more
O Vilão Ainda a Perseguia (1940): Buster Keaton e a paródia
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
O Vilão Ainda a Perseguia (1940): Buster Keaton e a paródia The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940): Buster Keaton and parody Ainda bem que os valores mudam. Na minha opinião, há progreso quando há cada vez menos conservadorismo e condenação dos atos. A sociedade progride quando read more
Even More Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Previous posts
Interview with Jeff Rapsis
Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
What an excellent opportunity it was to be able to watch 3 more Buster Keaton films (2 shorts and a full-length film) on the big screen with the uber-talented Jeff Rapsis accompanying th read more
Buster Keaton e suas casas modernas / Buster Keaton and his modern houses
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Buster Keaton e suas casas modernas / Buster Keaton and his modern houses Em sua corajosa autobiografia, “My Wonderful World of Slapstick”, Buster Keaton confessa que, se não fosse ator, ele gostaria de ser engenheiro civil. Ele mostrou criatividade em várias ocasiões em seus read more