Buster Keaton The short films collection, 1920-1923 The short films collection, 1920-1923.

Streaming video - 1920

After serving a three-year apprenticeship under slapstick superstar Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, former child vaudevillian Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was promoted from supporting player to comic lead, and hired to star in a series of twenty two-reel comedies (usually written and directed with Eddie Cline). This collection of Keaton's seven initial solo efforts-authorized by the estate of Buster Keaton and mastered in HD from archival 35mm elements-reveals his cinematic genius just as it was beginning to flower. Already one can see the qualities that would define his later work: the fascination with oversized mechanical props (the prefabricated house of ONE WEEK), dynamic stunts and chases (THE SCARECROW, THE HAUNTED H...OUSE), and a penchant for darkcomedy (CONVICT 13, HARD LUCK).THE "HIGH SIGN"1920/21 B&W 19 Min.Directed by Buster Keatonand Eddie ClineAlso presented in a digitally enhanced version. Visual essay by R. Emmet SweeneyONE WEEK1920 B&W 24 Min.Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie ClineVisual essay by David B. PearsonCONVICT 131920 B&W 19 Min.Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline THE SCARECROW1920 B&W 18 Min.Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie ClineVisual essay by Ken GordonNEIGHBORS1921 B&W 19 Min.Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline THE HAUNTED HOUSE1921 Color Tinted 20 Min.Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie ClineVisual essay by Jack DraggaHARD LUCK1921 B&W 21 Min.Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie ClineVisual essay by Bruce Lawton

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Genres
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[United States] : Kino Lorber 1920.
Language
unknown
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Buster Keaton, 1895-1966 (actor), Edward Cline, 1892-1961 (screenwriter), Malcolm St. Clair, 1897-1952 (film director), Joseph M. Schenck, 1877-1961 (film producer), Virginia Fox, 1902-1982 (composer), Joe Roberts, 1870-1923 (producer), Carter De Haven, 1886-1977, Bull Montana, 1887-1950, Ben Model, Bret Wood
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 388 min.)) : sd., col
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Directed by Buster Keaton.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).