Buster Keaton is the ultimate comedy genius of silent film.
For many years, Buster Keaton has taken his place amongst the funniest and most inventive silent comedians of all time. Even though the vision was his, he always acknowledged the contributions of his gag writers. Having had little formal education, Keaton functioned as an intuitive artist and relied upon improvisation for his films. After parting company with his mentor Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton began his own career as a solo film comedian. The result was a series of short films that included Buster in all manner of comic mayhem. In terms of creativity, these shorts include some of the finest comedy in film history. Then, there followed several successful features that are regarded as masterpieces: "The Navigator," "Sherlock Jr," "Seven Chances" and "The General." 1928 proved to be the beginning of a difficult period in Keaton's life. Having signed with "M.G.M," the comedian began to lose all creative control and was fired five years later.
Fortunately, Buster Keaton lived long enough to enjoy the beginnings of what has become an exceptional legacy.
Fortunately, Buster Keaton lived long enough to enjoy the beginnings of what has become an exceptional legacy.
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- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.A masterpiece of comedy and filmmaking.
- DirectorDonald CrispBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireFrederick VroomTwo spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.One of Keaton's best!
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonNatalie TalmadgeJoe KeatonA man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRuth DwyerT. Roy BarnesA man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonHoward TruesdaleKathleen MyersWith 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.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
- DirectorJames W. HorneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonAnne CornwallFlora BramleyRonald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonTom McGuireErnest TorrenceThe effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
- DirectorHerbert BlachéWinchell SmithStarsEdward JobsonBeulah BookerEdward ConnellyThe simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMargaret LeahyWallace BeeryThe misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarceline DayHarold GoodwinHopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.The last of the great Keaton movies.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianEdward EarleAn unimpressive but well intending 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' old flame jealous.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonSally EilersCliff EdwardsA naive and wealthy young man seeks to impress a girl and then unwittingly signs up for army service.Underrated, one of his few good talkies.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonJimmy DuranteRoscoe AtesTwo men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonAnita PageTrixie FriganzaA bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonJimmy DurantePolly MoranTo make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.Very poor.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSnitz EdwardsSally O'NeilA love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
- DirectorZion MyersJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonAnita PageCliff EdwardsA dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonCharlotte GreenwoodReginald DennyA man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonJimmy DuranteRuth SelwynA timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerChristy CabanneNorman HoustonStarsConrad NagelJack BennyJohn GilbertAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinClaire BloomNigel BruceA fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineJack DuffyA young couple who live next to each other in tenement apartments do everything they can to be together despite of their feuding families.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineSybil SeelyBuster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonBartine BurkettCharles DoretyA drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineMonte CollinsAfter waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsStrange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonWallace BeeryMonte CollinsBy accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRenée AdoréeEdward F. ClineA sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe KeatonAfter being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsBuster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineVirginia FoxA series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsBuster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Underrated comedy.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonJohn BrownPhyllis HaverA hapless amusement park attendant finds his runaway balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
- DirectorBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineStarsBuster KeatonJoe RobertsVirginia FoxIn an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonHarold GoodwinMatthew BetzBuster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianGeorge J. LewisWhen Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineMarion HarlanBuster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineLuke the DogTwo inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyMilton BerleEthel MermanA group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
- DirectorWilliam C. McGannJohn G. AdolfiThomas AtkinsStarsNorma ShearerStan LaurelOliver HardyThe boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonWarren HymerDorothy DixDumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianGeorge J. LewisWhen Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonMyra KeatonJoe KeatonA hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonLona AndreDewey RobinsonElmer owns a gas station out in the California desert. Soon he has a business rival in Jim, who opens up another station, and is also trying to steal Elmer's girlfriend. She plays both rivals against the other and, because she is a baseball fan, both Elmer and Jim try to show each other up in the big local baseball game.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonJane JonesDorothea KentElmer Doolittle, a hired hand on a farm, encounters some complications in his romancing and believes he will have to marry the farm-owner aunt of Molly, the pretty girl he loves. Further complications arise when a heavy rainstorm keeps the household up all night as the water breaks through and drenches them in their beds. Comes the day of the "shotgun" wedding and Buster is surprised and delighted when he finds the old aunt is marrying him off to her niece and not to herself.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonVernon DentDorothea KentElmer Doolittle (Buster Keaton), an apprentice seaman doing training at the U. S. Navy's San Diego Training Station, can't seem to keep out of trouble or the brig. Most of his problems derive from the fact that the girlfriend, Dorothy (Dorothea Kent), of Gunners Mate Richard Mack (Vernon Dent)take a liking to Elmer.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothea KentBroderick O'FarrellElmer and his girlfriend run away to elope and spend their trip trying to dodge the police who are on their trail after they mistakenly make their getaway in a police car.
- DirectorMack SennettStarsBuster KeatonLona AndreTiny SandfordA man who has sworn off women and a woman who has sworn off men must find their budding relationship threatened by aggressive romantic rivals.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonLona AndreHarold GoodwinA Scoutmaster falls for a beautiful young carhop, but finds that a beefy traffic cop is also courting her--and he doesn't want any competition.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDiana LewisHarold GoodwinElmer Butts is a contestant in a radio amateur hour show hoping to win the first price... by dancing and juggling!
- DirectorRaymond KaneStarsBuster KeatonArthur L. JarrettMarlyn StuartBuster becomes a fireman, but unfortunately not a particularly good one. He has a chance to prove himself, however, when three women are trapped in a burning building.
- DirectorAl ChristieStarsBuster KeatonMarlyn StuartEarle GilbertA chemist's brilliant new concoction makes him a target for gangsters.
- DirectorRaymond KaneStarsBuster KeatonEddie LambertMarlyn StuartA professional magician, "The Great Spumoni", fires his male assistant and his female assistant insists that he hire another one. The young man he hires turns out to have no aptitude whatsoever for a magic act. Complications ensue.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonHarold GoodwinMatthew BetzBuster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonGloria BrewsterBarbara BrewsterBuster, an ice delivery man, falls for one of his customers, not knowing she has a twin sister living next door.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonMyra KeatonAl St. JohnElmer, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure.
- DirectorDel LordStarsBuster KeatonLorna GrayGino CorradoA millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonMonte CollinsHarley WoodA man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonDorothy ApplebyBeatrice BlinnTo save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonDorothy ApplebyRichard FiskeBuster, a reporter, takes a train trip and winds up innocently involved with a gangster's wife.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesDorothy ApplebyA jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesDon BeddoeA magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesMatt McHughBuster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.
- DirectorDel LordStarsBuster KeatonMatt McHughEddie FetherstonThe handyman is finishing getting the Island Inn Café ready for opening night: it's a speakeasy, and the owner, Louie the Wolf, has been warned by the local mob kingpin, Slugger McGraw, not to open. When Slugger's thugs arrive at the Island Inn, they think the handyman is Louie. Louie promotes this case of mistaken identity, and our poor innocent faces a series of dangerous situations. When he finally learns that the thugs (and Louie) are up to no good, he must think fast to save his neck.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesDorothy ApplebyA millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at Camp Cluster. She still has no time for him, so he figures out how to get into the hospital and under her care. His induction physical exam, his injury, his hospital stay, and a sudden emergency take us to the question: will she fall for him?
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesMonte CollinsBuster fights a duel over a girl.
- DirectorDel LordStarsBuster KeatonHarold GoodwinBuster loses his job, then his home, then heads off to end it all in a lake - but does he?
- DirectorPierre BlondyStarsBuster KeatonAntonin BervalOn the the bank of a peaceful river, two fishermen are... fishing! An idyllic scene indeed. At least until their lines get intertwined. At one of their two ends, a single fish! But whose end? Which of the two contenders is the legal owner of the aquatic vertebrate? To resolve the dispute, the two men decide to fight a pistol duel.
- DirectorJames CalhounStarsBuster KeatonSigrid NelssonNina VarelaThis promotional film by Kodak shows the advances in photography equipment from the 1880s, highlighting the new Instamatic camera.
- DirectorGerald PottertonBuster KeatonJohn SpottonStarsBuster KeatonAfter literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).
- DirectorSamuel BeckettAlan SchneiderStarsBuster KeatonNell HarrisonJames KarenA twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived), Keaton's very existence conspires against his efforts
- DirectorJohn SebertStarsBuster KeatonJack CreleyCec LinderAmateur journalist Buster covers a story about construction site safety regulations and gets first-hand experience in the process.
- DirectorSalvador de AlberichEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonRaquel TorresDon AlvaradoA matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet.
- DirectorEdward BrophyStarsBuster KeatonMarion LessingPaul MorganJonny wants to marry Evelyn, who refuses to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Anna, gets married first. Literally by accident he meets bill poster Reggie and tries every trick in the book to couple him with Anna.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsBuster KeatonJimmy DuranteJeannette FerneyThis is the French-language version of Buster Keaton's The Passionate Plumber (1932).
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsBuster KeatonPaulette DubostMadeleine GuittyIn Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnCustomers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnRoscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. John, then a cop.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnIn a drugstore Al and Roscoe are rivals for Alice. Roscoe slings melons and operates the gas pump. Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice, begins modeling it, is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnRoscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnThis was the film debut of Joe Keaton, Buster's dad. In one scene he kicks each of the principals into a horse trough. Roscoe owns a blacksmith shop and Joe a garage in the town of Jazzville. They are rivals for schoolteacher Alice but join forces against new arrival Al. Buster performs at a village ball.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnAfter escaping from a marauding group of Indians, a wandering bartender teams up with a saloon owner, only to find themselves up against a ruthless outlaw who is after an unprotected Salvation Army girl. Can they beat him at his own game?
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnAt the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnA feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant. The revenuers search high and low for the secret hideaway where the mountain people prepare illegal alcohol, but end up in deep trouble that only a little movie magic can save them from.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnRoscoe's wife wants him committed to the No Hope Sanitarium for a cure from drink. He is greeted by blood spattered, cleaver-wielding Buster and a barely clad female patient. He eats a thermometer and must be rushed into surgery.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnChaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonAl St. JohnWorking their fingers to the bone to prepare the set for an upcoming performance, the enthusiastic stagehands, Roscoe and Buster, find themselves on stage when the cast quits. However, is will alone enough to earn a big round of applause?
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonMolly MaloneBuster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonMolly MaloneRoscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsZero MostelPhil SilversBuster KeatonA wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
- DirectorLuigi ScattiniStarsFranco FranchiCiccio IngrassiaBuster KeatonIn May 1943, two American soldiers, Joe and Frank, of Italian descent are searching the North African desert for a German general called Von Kassler, when they are captured by Von Kassler aide Inge Schultze who lets them escape with fake war plans, only Joe and Frank steal the real war plans which pave way for the Allied victory. Months later, the duo once again come up against Von Kassler when they are captured at Anzio and try to outwit the Nazis a second time.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsFrankie AvalonDeborah WalleyCesar RomeroAn astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsAnnette FunicelloDwayne HickmanBrian DonlevyFrankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee.