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Rare Buster Keaton Footage Resurfaces – And You Can Help Bring It To Audiences
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 1, 2013
In 1964, 68-year-old Buster Keaton began production on FILM, a two-reel (mostly) silent short written by Samuel Beckett, the Irish playwright and author of Waiting for Godot. Things did not go smoothly. And, though it was completed and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1965, FILM turned out d read more
Happy Birthday Buster Keaton, Here’s a T-Shirt
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 4, 2013
Buster Keaton, the best that ever was, was born October 4, 1895. To celebrate we’ve got a new (and super awesome) Buster Keaton t-shirt design. The artwork is an original illustration for Pretty Clever Film’s very own Ben O’Brian – yep, the guy who brings you Saturday Mornin read more
Buster Keaton in THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 4, 2013
In celebration of what would have been Buster Keaton‘s birthday (October 4, 1895) and in keeping with an October-ish theme, here is a presentation of his 1921 film, The Haunted House, which was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. (No music accompaniment) To see images of Buster read more
Life with Buster Keaton
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Oct 3, 2013
I was thrilled to run into videos of “Life with Buster Keaton,” a television series that starred one of the greatest comic actors of all time. Premiering as a live show titled, “The Buster Keaton Show” in 1950 in a local Los Angeles market, the show gained a following and h read more
Buster Keaton Celebration 2013
Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on Sep 30, 2013
For the 2nd year in a row, I had the great pleasure of attending the Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansas at Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The "stone-faced" icon of the silent screen Buster was born in nearby Piqua, Kansas in 1895, where he started performing along with his vaudevillian parents from read more
Buster Keaton Celebration 2013
Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on Sep 30, 2013
For the 2nd year in a row, I had the great pleasure of attending the Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansas at Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The "stone-faced" icon of the silent screen Buster was born in nearby Piqua, Kansas in 1895, where he started performing along with his vaudevillian parents from read more
Late nights with Buster Keaton
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Sep 13, 2013
Late nights with Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton partakes in Civil War antics in The General (1926).
My office hours have changed recently and I no longer have to wake up so early in the morning to make it to work. What does this mean, you ask? It means that I can go to bed later and, thu read more
Buster Keaton solves the bedbug problem, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 31, 2013
Bedbugs are back in the news but never fear! Buster Keaton seems to handle the situation quite well in The Play House. read more
Interview with Matt Phelan, Author/Illustrator of Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Jul 30, 2013
Matt Phelan and I at his Bluffton signing - Book Expo America 2013
I had the pleasure of interviewing author/illustrator Matt Phelan about his book Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton. Check out my original review here. You can find Matt Phelan on Twitter as @MattPhelanDraws, on Facebook, on read more
Book Review--Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 24, 2013
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton
Matt Phelan
Candlewick Press, 2013
I've always had a crush on Buster Keaton. I don't find him sexy, but I moon over him. The nature of this infatuation has always baffled me, but after reading the new graphic novel Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton, I t read more
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Jul 23, 2013
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
I dare you to punch out at work — Buster Keaton Style! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 21, 2013
Admit it. You’ve always wanted to do this. Buster Keaton shows us how it’s done in his famous short The Play House. read more
Hollywood Home Tour - Buster Keaton
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 6, 2013
"We're going to be heading a bit off course for today's featured home...we got a special request to drive by Buster Keaton's Los Angeles mansion so that's where we'll be going right now"
"It's a good thing the Silver Scenes bus can not only take us back in time but knows where she's hea read more
Hollywood Home Tour - Buster Keaton
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 6, 2013
"We're going to be heading a bit off course for today's featured home...we got a special request to drive by Buster Keaton's Los Angeles mansion so that's where we'll be going right now"
"It's a good thing the Silver Scenes bus can not only take us back in time but knows where she's hea read more
Hollywood Home Tour - Buster Keaton
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 6, 2013
"We're going to be heading a bit off course for today's featured home...we got a special request to drive by Buster Keaton's Los Angeles mansion so that's where we'll be going right now"
"It's a good thing the Silver Scenes bus can not only take us back in time but knows where she's hea read more
Hollywood Home Tour - Buster Keaton
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 6, 2013
"We're going to be heading a bit off course for today's featured home...we got a special request to drive by Buster Keaton's Los Angeles mansion so that's where we'll be going right now"
"It's a good thing the Silver Scenes bus can not only take us back in time but knows where she's hea read more
Buster Keaton and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 24, 2013
Originally published on October 4, 2011. From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go ’round. And why not? You’ve got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and read more
Buster Keaton and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (3)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 24, 2013
Originally published on October 4, 2011. From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go ’round. And why not? You’ve got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and read more
Buster Keaton Plus a Live Band!
Classic Film Talk Posted by Eric on Mar 6, 2013
Seriously, this may be coming to the theatre near you. Mr. Keaton was astounding in his creative abilities and The General was one of his finest works. To have the chance to see it in a theatre with live music accompaniment is a real treat. Read the story here. read more
News From the Lake: Nicole Kidman is Grace of Monaco, Buster Keaton on DVD, Cleopatra, and TCM
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Mar 2, 2013
Every time I say “I’ll just throw in a news update because there’s nothing going on” I get inundated with awesome news. I think the news gods are being kind to me. In today’s installment, we’ll look at a new celebrity biopic; Buster Keaton and Cleopatra are comin read more