The General 1926
The General ★★★★ 1926
Keaton's masterpiece and arguably the most formally perfect and funniest of silent comedies. Concerns a plucky Confederate soldier who singlehandedly retrieves a pivotal train from Northern territory. Full of eloquent man-vs-machinery images and outrageous sight gags. Remade as “The Great Locomotive Chase” in 1956 with Fess Parker. 78m/B VHS, DVD . Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Joe Keaton, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes, Mike Donlin; D: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton; W: Clyde Bruckman, Al Boasberg, Charles Henry Smith, Buster Keaton; C: Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings. Natl. Film Reg. ‘89.
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