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Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was a famous comic actor, director, producer, and writer of the silent era. He is noted for his physical comedy, deadpan expression, and innovative stunts, which earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face." Some of his most famous films include The General, Sherlock Jr., and The Navigator.
Titles credited to Buster Keaton
In the Good Old Summertime
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
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Go West
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
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The Boat
Buster's handmade boat, The Damfino, is finished and is, of course, too large to get through the basement door. When he drives off with it in tow, the side of his house, then the whole thing, collapse...
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College
A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.
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Battling Butler
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
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Spite Marriage
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' o...
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The Railrodder
After literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
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Notfilm
NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications -- utilizing additional outtakes, never b...
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Le Livre d'image
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is po...
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