David Mikkelson Published Apr 10, 2002 Claim: Silent film star Buster Keaton was contractually precluded from smiling on-screen. FALSE Example: [Robertson, 1991] Buster Keaton's famous. 0:00 / 3:26 Buster Keaton Smile (compilation) honoluluu 75 subscribers Subscribe Subscribed Share 35K views 11 years ago Quelques extraits de films dans lesquels nous pouvons voir Buster.
Buster Keaton smiling in Roscoe Arbuckle's film "Good Night, Nurse
32K Share 8.6M views 11 years ago Harold Lloyd's iconic scene in the silent film "Safety Last" (1923). One of the most famous images from the silent film era with Lloyd clutching the hands of a. Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton (October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966) [1] was an American actor, comedian and director. [2] He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". [3] [4] Buster Keaton Joseph Francis Keaton) American Comic Actor Mainly in Silent Films Buster Keaton Can Smile and Yawn, Too, If He Wishes, by Gertrude Chase - originally published in the New York Telegraph on October 8, 1922 *"Smile" written by the once in a hundred (thousand?) year genius, Sir Charles Chaplin.
A smile in The Saphead 1920 Silent film, Classic hollywood, Busters
Along with Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin, Keaton is known for being one of the three great silent-era comedians; even today, Keaton's unique comedic stylings continue to influence many. Orson Welles, to name one, called Keaton a supreme artist and said his film "The General" is one of the greatest of all time. Seven of Keaton's silent films are on the National Film Registry.. A veteran of vaudeville and star of some of Hollywood's most beloved silent films, Buster Keaton perfected the art of physical comedy via his complex, captivating, and literally neck-breaking stunts (unaware, Keaton fractured his neck during the filming of Sherlock Jr .'s water-tower scene ). Buster Keaton was something of an enigma to his own era. The silent-film star launched himself between rooftops, battled storms and sand dunes, boarded moving vehicles - and frequently trailed.
Buster Keaton colour lobby card....What a smile! Silent film, Lobby
Buster Keaton (born October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas, U.S.—died February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, California) American film comedian and director, the "Great Stone Face" of the silent screen, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. (Read Lillian Gish's 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) A 1965 documentary, "Buster Keaton Rides Again," captured some rare footage of Keaton off-camera - smiling, in fact. Buster Keaton Rides Again by NFB on YouTube Keaton died at age 70 of lung cancer.
James Curtis's " Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life " (Knopf) is an immense year-by-year, sometimes week-by-week, account of Keaton as an artist and a man. Every detail of his life and work. Buster Keaton Peter Bogdanovich: 'I missed my chance to tell Buster Keaton he was a genius - now I'm telling the world' The Hollywood director has made a documentary about the silent-era.
The 'Great Stone Face', Buster Keaton, ca. 1925 r/ColorizedHistory
February 1 1966, Los Angeles, California USA. As one of the waxworks playing bridge in Sunset Boulevard (1950), a ravaged Buster Keaton contemplates a dubious hand. With his customary stoicism, he croaks, "Pass.". Then, facing up to lousy luck, his face only slightly dejected, he again says "Pass" more quietly. Buster Keaton's genius turned slapstick and catastrophe into comic gold. By Anthony Lane. October 15, 1995. His smile is not unattractive; it just turns him into a different being. If, from.
