Buster Keaton Jr.

Actress, Buster Keaton Jr., was born Joseph Talmadge Keaton on Jun 2, 1922 in Los Angeles, CA. Keaton Jr. died at the age of 84 on Feb 14, 2007 in Santa Ynez, CA .

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Streaming Diary: Buster Keaton, Christopher Plummer and More Stream Free Via The National Film Board of Canada

By KC on Mar 21, 2018 From Classic Movies

The National Film Board of Canada is a wondrous organization, giving opportunities to innovative, talented filmmakers and preserving decades of fascinating work. Many of the films supported by the group are available to stream on its official website, several for free (some limited to residents of C... Read full article

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Buster Keaton: After the Silents

By Margaret Perry on Feb 9, 2015 From Margaret Perry

“You studio people warp my character” (Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy, 169) As biographer James L. Neibaur points out in his book “The Fall of Buster Keaton,” there are two ways to view Keaton’s career after the silent era:? “We can sadly or angrily dism... Read full article

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Buster Keaton, Prohibition and WHAT! NO BEER? (1933)

By Aurora on Feb 8, 2015 From Once Upon a Screen

It’s late 1932 and the?repeal of prohibition is looming. ?President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had made the ban on alcohol a central issue in his campaign and within a year’s time Americans – who were increasingly for repeal – would be able to manufacture and purchase alcohol ... Read full article

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The Great Stone Face – Buster Keaton

By Michele on Oct 18, 2014 From Timeless Hollywood

Buster Keaton was a master filmmaker and comic genius. He produced, directed, acted, wrote and edited. He performed with his mother and father in Vaudeville at a very young age and had no formal education. His father even acts in many of his films. Keaton has been called The Great Stone face for his... Read full article

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Happy Birthday, Buster Keaton!

By Marisa on Oct 4, 2012 From The Timothy Carey Experience

One of the greatest film geniuses who ever lived, Buster Keaton, was born this day in Piqua (and that’s pronounced pick-way, and I know because I’ve been there), Kansas, in 1895. I had to work hard to get this screen cap, because everybody is moving so fast, but here it is. Timothy and B... Read full article

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