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The Great Buster: A Celebration

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) - a documentary by Peter Bogdanovich
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) – a documentary by Peter Bogdanovich The Great Buster is a celebration the life and career of one of America’s most influential comedians, Buster Keaton. It’ an affectionate documentary by Peter Bogdanovich
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Sherlock Jr. [Buster Keaton]

Sherlock Jr. (1924) starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane
Sherlock Jr. (1924) starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane In Sherlock Jr., Buster Keaton stars as a movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth. In one sequence, he literally steps into the screen and brings his fantasies to life.
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In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime (1949) starring Van Johnson, Judy Garland, Cheeks Sakall, Buster Keaton
In the Good Old Summertime (1949) starring Van Johnson, Judy Garland, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, Buster Keaton Synopsis In the Good Old Summertime is the story of two clerks in a turn of the 20th century Chicago sheet-music store. They’re intensely antagonistic toward each other at work. But...
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Battling Butler

Battling Butler (1926) starring Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Francis McDonald
Battling Butler (1926) starring Buster Keaton, Sally O’Neil, Francis McDonald Synopsis Buster Keaton remarked that Battling Butler was his favorite of all his films. Based on a Broadway play, the story revolves around a case of mistaken identity between two Alfred Butlers. One is an effete millionaire (Keaton),...
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College – Buster Keaton

College, starring Buster Keaton
Editorial review of College, starring Buster Keaton, courtesy of Amazon.com  Buster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of university life in College. Keaton stars as Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds himself instead embroiled in a war...
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Buster Keaton Short Films Collection: 1920-1923

Buster Keaton Short Films collection
Editorial review of Buster Keaton Short Films Collection, courtesy of Amazon.com  For the first time ever, Kino International proudly presents a box set of all of Buster Keaton’s classic silent short films in one collection. All films have been digital remastered in high definition and include all new extras....
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Seven Chances – Buster Keaton

Seven Chances (1925) starring Buster Keaton
Seven Chances (1925) starring Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer Buster Keaton’s silent film, Seven Chances, in a nutshell, laugh out loud funny — I watched it last night on Turner Classic Movies with some of my children, and we were all laughing loud, long, and repeatedly.
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Coney Island – Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton in "Coney Island"
Coney Island (1917) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John  Coney Island is a silent short comedy starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, with Buster Keaton in a secondary role. Buster is interesting to watch, in that he hasn’t yet developed his trademark stoneface personality, and can be seen laughing, etc.
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Buster Keaton – 65th Anniversary Collection

Buster Keaton Collection - the great stone face
 Editorial Review of Buster Keaton – 65th Anniversary Collection, courtesy of Amazon.com  An entire missing segment of Buster Keaton’s career is filled in with the release of this collection, which comprises the 10 shorts Keaton made at Columbia Pictures in 1939-41. If you’re a Keaton fan (and why on earth...
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