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Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton (Joseph Francis Keaton), 1895-1966, American movie actor, b. Piqua, Kans. Considered one of the greatest comic actors in film history, Keaton used his considerable acrobatic skills, which he had developed as a child in vaudeville, in many silent comedies in which he portrayed a deadpa... Read more
clown
clown a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor that is wordless or not as self-consciously verbal as the traditional fool or jester. Clownish figures appear in the... Read more
Western drama
Western drama plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see the various national literature articles. Greek Drama The Western dramatic tradition has its origins in ancient Greece. The precise evolution ... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " Buster Keaton"

Buster Keaton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Buster Keaton Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was one of the best...who christened the hearty boy Buster. Child Vaudeville Star Keaton's parents appeared in vaudeville...Arbuckle, Comique Films was renamed Buster Keaton Productions. Keaton, however Read more
Keaton, Buster
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Keaton, Buster (1895–1966) US comic silent-film actor and director. Our Hospitality (1923), Seven Chances (1925) and The General (1926) are pre-eminent among the ten full-length features he released before 1928. Read more
Harold Lloyd
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...horn-rimmed glasses providing him with a recognizable trademark comparable to Charlie Chaplin's black mustachio and Buster Keaton's deadpan expression, silent film actor Harold Lloyd matured from a film extra into one of America's most popular comedians... Read more
Jacques Tati
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...exist in an increasingly mechanized society and drew positive comparisons to the silent film comedians Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. As co-writer, star, and director of these films, he sought to depict the foibles of society as it... Read more
clown
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...best exemplified by Emmett Kelly. By that time, however, motion pictures, especially the films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton , began to supplant the live clown acts, relegating clowning to a circus sideshow entertainment. Bibliography: See... Read more
Lucille Ball
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...stardom. She worked with many comic "greats," including the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and Buster Keaton, with whom she honed her extraordinary skill in the handling of props. She gave a creditable performance as an aspiring... Read more
Humor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...The Katzenjammer Kids and Frederick Opper's Happy Hooligan ) and such early motion picture stars as Charlie Chaplin , Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. In the interwar years, American humor continued to mirror an evolving American society and psyche... Read more
Ball, Lucille
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...stardom. Ball worked with many comic "greats," including the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and Buster Keaton (1895 – 1966), with whom she developed her extraordinary skill in the handling of props. She gave a solid performance... Read more
Marcus Loew
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...among them Ben Hur, He Who Gets Slapped, and The Big Parade. The studio had contracts with such stars as Lillian Gish, Buster Keaton, and Greta Garbo. Loew's revenues, which had been $43 million in 1924, rose to $80 million in 1927. By then Loew's... Read more
Jack Lemmon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...piano in the Old Knickerbocker Music Hall on Second Avenue as an accompanist to the silent films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. He also performed in skits there and tended bar, among other tasks. During his early years in the business he continued... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Buster Keaton"

Keaton, Buster
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers KEATON, Buster Nationality: American...Born: Joseph Francis Keaton in Piqua, Kansas...in TV series The Buster Keaton Comedy Show ; 1951...es ) (Nosseck) (as Buster Garnier/Jim Le Balafre...Pictures starring Keaton; role as Elmer unless... Read more
Buster
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Buster ♂ Mainly U.S.: originally a nickname from the slang term of address buster ‘smasher, breaker’, a derivative of the verb bust...nickname of the silent movie comedian Joseph Francis ‘Buster’ Keaton (1895–1966). Read more
Sherlock, Jr.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SHERLOCK, JR. USA, 1924 Director: Buster Keaton Production: Metro Pictures and Buster Keaton Productions; black and white, 35mm, silent...Elgin Lessley and Bryon Houck; editor: Buster Keaton; art director: Fred Gabourie; costumes... Read more
The General
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers THE GENERAL USA, 1926 Directors: Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman Production: Buster Keaton Productions and United Artists; black and...estimated). Producers: Joseph Schenck and Buster Keaton; scenario: Al Boasberg and Charles Smith... Read more
Bruckman, Clyde
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...writer and director with Buster Keaton unit; mainly a director from...Keaton); The Navigator (Keaton and Crisp) 1925 Seven Chances (Keaton); Keep Smiling (Pratt) 1926...x2014; Blesh, Rudi, in Keaton , New York, 1966. Adamson...Warner Bros. to work for Buster Keaton in ... Read more
Schenck, Joseph and Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Brown); Battling Butler (Keaton); The Duchess of Buffalo (Franklin) 1927 The General (Keaton and Bruckman); Venus of Venice...of noted movie stars from Buster Keaton to Marilyn Monroe. He first...of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and the Talmadge sisters... Read more
Arthur, Jean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Cowboy (Frame); The Hurricane Horseman (Eddy); Seven Chances (Buster Keaton) (as receptionist); Tearin' Loose (Thorpe); The Fighting Smile...Marsden); Young Eagles (Wellman) (as Mary Gordon) 1931 The Gang Buster (Sutherland) (as Sylvia Martine); Virtuous Husband (Moore... Read more
Sunset Boulevard
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Undertaker ); Larry Blake ( 1st finance man ); Charles Dayton ( 2nd finance man ); Cecil B. De Mille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson, H. B. Warner, Ray Evans, Sidney Skolsky, and Jay Livingston play themselves. Awards: Oscars for Best... Read more
Révolution surréaliste, La
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...earlier. Artists whose work was illustrated included Ernst , Masson , and Picasso , and there was also a still from a Buster Keaton film. Issues two and three became more anarchic and pessimistic in tone, under the influence of Antonin Artaud (1896... Read more
Autant-Lara, Claude
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Director: 1923 Faits divers 1926 Construire un feu ; Vittel 1930 Buster se marie (d of French version of American film Parlor, Bedroom...L'Herbier) (art d, costume des) 1968 Flash 29 (ro as himself) 1987 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (for TV) (ro as himself) Publications... Read more

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Block `Buster' of film stunts: Keaton's train wreck is 80.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 7/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...filming of 1927's The General - the Buster Keaton film made in Cottage Grove during...history of American film, and Buster Keaton would have only one chance to...a member of the International Buster Keaton Society based in Muskegon, Mich... Read more
Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 12/1/2005; 106 words ; Buster Keaton: Tempest In A Flat Hat Edward McPherson...before--but for true depth don't miss Buster Keaton: Tempest In A Flat Hat: it comes from...some unique techniques to the silents: Buster Keaton: Tempest In A Flat Hat identifies and... Read more
Buster Keaton or the work of comedy in the age of mechanical reproduction.
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...the centennial of the birth of Buster Keaton, and it's no exaggeration to claim...three boxed sets called The Art of Buster Keaton, which will include eleven feature...Nutcracker equaled MGM, the nut equaled Buster Keaton. A great deal of truth undoubtedly... Read more
Buster Keaton; tempest in a flat hat.(CRITICISM, THEATER, FILM, JOURNALISM, ETC.)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2005; 96 words ; PN2287 2005-006810 1-55704-665-4 Buster Keaton; tempest in a flat hat. McPherson...biography introducing comic genius Keaton (1895-1966) to a new generation, a New York-based fan traces Keaton's career from his vaudeville days... Read more
Comedy incarnate; Buster Keaton, physical humor, and bodily coping.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 91 words ; 9781405155250 Comedy incarnate; Buster Keaton, physical humor, and bodily coping. Carroll, Noel. Blackwell...Temple U.) situates the iconography of American film comedian Keaton's (1895-1966) sight gags in relation to his distinctive visual... Read more
The Art of Buster Keaton.
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 5/1/1995; ; 297 words ; ...still goes to the Great Stone Face--Buster Keaton. His remarkable ability to combine...imitating in Bennie and Joon. Watching Keaton innovate techniques that have become...Cairo. Each of the videos combines Keaton's features and shorts to run about... Read more
Keaton on Catalina.(Art Deco movie palace to screen Buster Keaton classic)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/28/2001; 54 words ; ...Island's Avalon Theater has provided a compelling reason to visit the island on June 16. The Art Deco movie palace screens Buster Keaton's classic silent The General with live accompaniment by organist Robert Salisbury. Proceeds for the movie event benefit... Read more
Film, dreams and stolen pocketwatches.(Diamonds and Pearls, Buster Keaton charectarization)
Magazine article from: CineAction; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Hollywood. An example of the former is Buster Keaton's classic silent film Sherlock Jr...Sherlock Jr. opens with a shot of Keaton reading a book on how to be a great detective. The title of Keaton's film, as well as the character... Read more
Arbuckle and Keaton: The Original Comique/Paramount Shorts 1917-1920.(Review)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...first film appearances of Buster Keaton, who would embark on his...The Butcher Boy (1917), Buster Keaton is little more than an...most interesting of the Keaton-Arbuckle films. Satirizing...melodrama, Roscoe and Buster play revenuers responsible... Read more
Buster's title at last.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England); 10/21/2006; 432 words ; Boxing JOHN 'BUSTER' Keaton lifted the Lonsdale belt at the fourth...claiming the British title spread across Keaton's face when referee Micky Vann deemed...eluded him numerous times in the past. Keaton's victory was a triumph for persistance... Read more