Buster Keaton collection
(DVD)

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (245 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
012569700925

Notes

General Note
Special features of this DVD: [Disc 1] Introduction by Turner Classic Movies host/film historian Robert Osborne ; The cameraman, a silent film with new original score by Arthur Barnow ; commentary by Glenn Mitchell ; Spite marriage, a silent film with original music score ; commentary by John Bengtson ; The cameraman and Spite marriage photo montages ; dual-layer ed. -- [Disc 2] So funny it hurt : Buster Keaton and MGM ; Free and easy, Keaton's first talkie.
Participants/Performers
The cameraman: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day -- Spite marriage: Buster Keaton; Free and easy: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Lionel Barrymore.
Description
Three films made by Buster Keaton for MGM. The cameraman and Spite marriage are silent films with musical scores. Free and easy is Keaton's first talkie.
Description
The cameraman: In a film so admired the studio used it as a training film for its comedy filmmakers. Keaton plays a tintype street photographer who tries his hand as a freelance newsreel cameraman in order to win the affection of a girl who works at a newsreel company.
Description
Spite marriage: A jilted actress pops the question to hopeless admirer Keaton. The result is a marriage made in comedy heaven, filled with pursuits, rescues and slapstick. The landmark routine of putting the inebriated bride to bed become a staple of Keaton's 1950s lives shows.
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So funny it hurt : Buster Keaton and MGM: documentarian/historian Kevin Brownlow profiles the Great Stone Faces's life and career during his MGM studio heyday.
Description
Free and easy: Keaton departs Kansas with the newly crowned Miss Gopher City and heads for Hollywood determined to turn her into a star.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Audio track in English ; subtitled in English, Spanish and French ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sedgwick, E., Keaton, B., Day, M., Page, A., & Barrymore, L. (2004). Buster Keaton collection ([Special edition]). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Edward Sedgwick et al.. 2004. Buster Keaton Collection. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Edward Sedgwick et al.. Buster Keaton Collection Warner Home Video, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sedgwick, Edward, et al. Buster Keaton Collection [Special edition], Warner Home Video, 2004.

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