Title: Buster Keaton Short Films Collection
Year of issue: 1920-1923
Genre: Comedy
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Kline
Starring: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts...
Description:
From 1920 to 1923,
Buster Keaton made about two dozen short films, which were the beginning of his creative flowering. He built his comic game on equanimity. There was such a legend (or maybe a true story?) that "The Man Who Never Laughs" undertook, even under a contract, not to smile either in films or in public. His impassive composure contrasted sharply with the extravagant situations he found himself in.
Although these films are unequal in artistic value, they do not always differ in plot integrity and originality, but the abundance of successful gags, the unusualness of the central character, and the unsurpassed pace of development of events make even not entirely successful short films interesting. As for the rest, some critics regarded them as the best part of Keaton's creative heritage.
List of films:
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1920:
The Scarecrow
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Duration: 00:18:12
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Robert Israel)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Luke, Dog, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely, Al St. John
Description: Two brothers live in a house full of various mechanical gadgets to make life easier. They fight for the heart of a farmer's daughter who doesn't like them both. In addition, Buster did not like the dog of his beloved ...
Neighbors
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Duration: 00:17:44
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Robert Israel)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Joe Keaton, Edward F. Kline, James Duffy
Description: Young lovers live in neighboring houses. Their parents cannot stand each other, but after numerous quarrels, they still decide to make peace and marry the young ...
1921:
The Haunted House
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Duration: 00:20:45
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Robert Israel)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Kline, Dorothy Kessil, Natalie Talmadge
Description: A gang of counterfeiters chose an infamous house as their meeting place. The main character works in a bank and fearlessly passes all the tests for the sake of the boss's daughter.
The "High Sign"
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Duration: 00:19:44
Audio track: music score (Robert Israel at the Fotoplayer)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana
Description: The main character does not have enough luck, even to settle scores with life. And suddenly the chance to earn decent money falls - he volunteered to catch a rare animal for the zoo, next to which he had recently tried to hang himself. So he goes on a "scientific" hunt, turning into fishing ...
The Goat
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Buster Keaton Productions
Duration: 00:23:28
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Robert Israel)
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Mal. St. Claire
Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Claire, Edward F. Kline, Jean C Havez
Description: Tramp Buster, due to a series of accidents, coincidences and absurd misunderstandings, is mistaken for a dangerous criminal named "Sharp Dan". The hunt for his humble person begins...
The Play House
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Duration: 00:22:53
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Robert Israel)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Kline, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Description: The Keaton Opera House performs a program of Buster Keaton's Minstrels. The roles are played by the Buster Keaton, with the instruments of the orchestra by the Buster Keaton, and the orchestra is conducted by Buster Keaton. There are also several faces in the audience that look suspiciously like Buster Keaton...
The Boat
Studio: First National Pictures
Duration: 00:23:13
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Ben Model)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Kline, Sybil Seeley
Description: Buster built a boat, which, however, collapsed his own house, and with his family went on a trip to the Pacific Ocean.
1922:
The Paleface
Studio: Buster Keaton Productions
Duration: 00:19:50
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Robert Israel)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Description: The evil oil barons gave the Indians only one day to leave their land. The leader of the Indians orders to kill the first pale-faced man that comes across. The first one who came across was, of course, Buster, but where, if not in an Indian tribe, can he achieve a high social status?
Cops
Studio: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Duration: 00:18:32
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Ben Model)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Edward F. Kline, Steve Murphy
Synopsis: Suddenly rich and inadvertently "buying" someone else's furniture, Buster accidentally becomes a bomb-dropping terrorist in the middle of a police parade. We have to escape from a herd of angry police ...
My Wife's Relations
Studio: First National Pictures
Duration: 00:24:25
Audio track: musical accompaniment
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Monte Collins, Wither Dell, Harry Madison, Kate Price, Joe Roberts, Tom Wilson
Description: Quarter of emigrants, where people do not understand each other. Instead of trial, the hero Keaton was brought to the Polish registry office, the witness to his hooligan antics said "yes" - and so he became a married man.
His wife is a temperamental and fighting woman, besides from a large family, she brings her hubby to her. The first words he heard were that he would not last long with them. But it wasn’t there, the newlywed turned out to be a rich heir ...
The Blacksmith
Studio: First National Pictures
Duration: 00:21:50
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Ben Model)
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Mal. St. Claire
Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Description: Buster works in a rural forge as a blacksmith's assistant. The big blacksmith has landed in jail, you have to do things yourself, and Buster's enthusiasm knows no bounds ...
Day Dreams
Studio: First National Pictures
Duration: 00:23:19
Audio track: music score (Robert Israel at the Fotoplayer)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, René Adore, Edward F. Kline, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Description: Buster goes to a big city to succeed there and thus prove to the father of his fiancée that he can provide for her. He writes ambiguous letters to her about his successes, and she, languidly sighing, dreams, presenting everything in the best light ...
1923:
The Balloonatic
Studio: Buster Keaton Productions
Duration: 00:22:04
Audio track: musical accompaniment (Ben Model)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London
Description: Instead of a representative of the Geographical Society, the ubiquitous Buster flies in a balloon ...
The Love Nest
Studio: Buster Keaton Productions
Duration: 00:19:35
Audio track: music score (Robert Israel at the Fotoplayer)
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox
Description: Despite the fact that the "deceitful viper" broke off the engagement, Buster will find himself in the "Love Nest" ... among the whalers, whose life hangs in the balance because of the formidable captain.
Country: USA
Duration: 14 x ~ 00:22:00
Translation: Not required (Silent movie)
Intertitles: English
Subtitles: Russian (switchable)
Release from: langust12
Film frames are colorized using multicolor computer toning.
Quality: BDRip 720p
Format: MPEG-4
Video: 960x720 (4:3), ~5000 kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio: AAC 2.0, 192 kbps (48 kHz)
Size: 9.89 GB
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Screenshots. The Scarecrow:
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Screenshots. The Haunted House:
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Screenshots. The Goat:
Screenshots. The Play House:
Screenshots. The Boat:
Screenshots. The Paleface:
Screenshots. Cops:
Screenshots. My Wife's Relations:
Screenshots. The Blacksmith:
Screenshots. Day Dreams:
Screenshots. The Balloonatic:
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