Nevertheless continued to work, less prominently,ĭirector. Seriously declined, while at the same time hisįired by MGM in 1933, the tenacious Keaton Quickly lost control of his films, whose quality In 1928 Keaton made the critical mistake of (1924), The Navigator (1924), The General (1926), and The Cameraman (1928) are especially notable. Of his feature films, Our Hospitality (1923), Sherlock, Jr. Wry humor, a touch of surrealism, and a vigorousĮxploration of the possibilities and limitations Showcase Keaton's trademark character: anīizarre situations, many of them involving Thirteen features) he made, mostly for his own Thirty-two film comedies (nineteen shorts and Short comedies for Arbuckle's Comique FilmĬorporation.
#BUSTER KEATON SERIES#
Recruited Buster to appear in a series of When the act broke up in 1917, Roscoe Arbuckle The Three Keatons thrived until Joe's alcoholism Skills he later used to perform spectacular Impassively around the stage, developing acrobatic Unruly child, and Joe, his exasperated Irishįather. Of an escalating combat between Buster, an The Three Keatons, which consisted primarily Out of a window by a tornado, carried threeīlocks, and deposited on the ground unhurt.Ĭoncluding that Buster might be safer onstage, Right eye with a rock while trying to knock a Later the same day, he hit himself near the Right index finger, which had to be amputated. In a clothes wringer, mangling the tip of his Houdini, who allegedly suggested the youngerĪccording to legend, one day while his parentsīuster's third birthday, Buster suffered threeĪlarming accidents. His father, Joe Keaton, migrated from Indianaīut soon abandoned homesteading to performĮccentric dances for Frank Cutler's Medicineġ894 Joe married Myra and launched his own Keaton in Piqua, Kansas, on October 4, 1895. One of the greatest creators of American silentįilm comedy, Keaton was born Joseph Frank
#BUSTER KEATON MOVIE#
But while the movie initially proved to be a commercial disappointment, it was later hailed as a pioneering piece of filmmaking.Your browser does not support the video tag.
#BUSTER KEATON FULL#
Keaton was the full force behind the film, writing and directing it. The lineup also included what is perhaps his finest creation, The General (1927), which starred Keaton as a train engineer in the Civil War. In 1923 Keaton started making full-length features such as The Three Ages (1923) and Sherlock, Jr. In 1920 Keaton struck out on his own as a filmmaker, first with a series of two-reelers that included the now-classic One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921) and Cops (1922). It was an apprenticeship of sorts and through it, Keaton was given full access to the movie-making process. Still, film called to Keaton, and for the next two years, he continued to work closely with Arbuckle for $40 a week. The FilmmakerĮven in his first film, a 1917 two-reeler called The Butcher Boy starring Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle, Keaton was extreme slapstick, with the young actor being subjected to a range of abuses, from being submerged in molasses to getting bit by a dog. At the time, the area had become a destination for vaudevillian performers and the community inspired the young entertainer. "It was the roughest knockout act that was ever in the history of the theater," he later said of the performances he did with his parents.īeginning in 1907, Keaton spent many childhood summers in Muskegon, Michigan, where his father had helped established The Actors Colony.
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