Buster Keaton

June 4, 1929 Portsmouth Star reviews “Spite Marriage” favorably, pointing out that “This was the first time that Miss Sebastian has appeared in a leading comedy role, but she has been seen on the local screen numbers of times in heavy dramatic bits. She made a fine teammate for Buster Keaton.”

June 3, 1924 The Daily Republican-Register reports, “The first feature-length comedy, 'Three Ages,' to be made with Buster Keaton as the star, is the best work of this ingenious young comedian…is replete with laughs & thrills & establishes Keaton permanently in big, full-length feature comedies.”

TV Tuesday - Buster Keaton guest stars in "Showtime USA," hosted by Vinton Freedley, where he does his classic skit "A Day in the Park" in pantomime. Including his wife, Eleanor. You can watch the whole video here: buff.ly/S5k61vX #oldhollywood #damfino

Movie Monday—Buster Keaton plays L.M., the Angel in "That's the Spirit," in charge of the Complaints Department in Heaven, who eventually allows Jack Oakie to return to Earth after passing away 18 years previously." #oldhollywood #damfino

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This Day in Buster… May 28, 1922 The Virginian Pilot & Norfolk Landmark describes “The Boat” as “by far the best yet turned out by the frozen-faced funster.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 27, 1926 “Seven Chances” opens in Italy with the title “Le sette probabilità.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster-May 26, 1926 The Truth reviews "Go West," saying, "If you can imagine Buster Keaton looking down the yawning barrel of a he-man's six-gun and facing the perplexing situation of being ordered to 'Smile!' while doing so, you may be able to imagine some of the cleverness and humor."

TV Tuesday—Buster Keaton slips up on the job & leaves a passer-by (played by his wife, Eleanor) in her slip in this clip from a 1956 episode of “Circus Time.” #oldhollywood #damfino #classictv

This Day in Buster…May 25, 1924 "Sherlock Jr." has its opening in New York City. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

Movie Monday—"The Cook,” 1918—is a delightful romp with Buster Keaton as the Pest Waiter who serves up laughter whilst food ends up where it shouldn’t. The movie was lost until 1998. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 24, 1926 Buster Keaton makes the front page of Oregon newspaper The Eugene Guard as he sends 18 carloads of equipment to the little town of Cottage Grove ahead of making civil war movie "The General.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

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This Day in Buster… May 22, 1929 The Gothenburg Times & Independent advertise a showing of “The Cameraman” to raise funds for the Gothenburg Fire Department. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 22, 1929 The Gothenburg Times & Independent advertise a showing of “The Cameraman” to raise funds for the Gothenburg Fire Department. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 21, 1922 "My Wife's Relations,” thought to be a playful dig at Buster’s newly acquired in-laws, is shown on pre-release in New York theaters. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 20, 1928 “Steamboat Bill, Jr." went on general release today, 8 days after its New York opening. The housefront stunt was first seen in “Back Stage" and then “One Week” before its ultimate incarnation! #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm #roscoearbuckle

When Buster was injured while making “The Electric House,” they got the film back off that shelf while he recovered.

This Day in Buster… May 19, 1921 “The High Sign” has its opening in Salt Lake City, Utah, at “The American." This was the first short Buster Keaton made independently; however, he shelved the picture & convinced Joseph Schenck that he should make a completely different movie.

TV Tuesday - Buster Keaton promotes Northwest Orient Airlines in this 1958 commercial. #oldhollywood #damfino #classictv

This Day in Buster… May 18, 1921 "The Goat" is released. Buster Keaton's a scapegoat, mistaken for criminal Dead Shot Dan, and on the run from the cops… #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

any sort of acrobatic trick and still fall short of comedy. The entire basis of comedy when a man wears women's clothes is in his inability to navigate properly, and when one is hampered this way, especially if his work tends towards the acrobats, he's really taking chances.'"

This Day in Buster..August 17, 1931 The Sioux City Journal prints, "Feminine Clothing as a first aid to comedy has its drawbacks, according to Buster Keaton.'If the skirts are too narrow, you may get laughs and take a chance on breaking your neck; if they're too wide, you can do-

This Day in Buster... May 16, 1932 British review from P.W. Kidd: "Have you ever heard of a plumber being passionate? I hadn’t until I saw Buster Keaton’s latest film, “The Passionate Plumber,” and then I began to believe all the things that are said about the much-maligned occupation.”

Buster Keaton & Elsie Ames in one of the best sequences of this short has to be the singing & dance routine—they work together seamlessly in this bit. #oldhollywood #damfino

‘General Nuisance,' 1941, features this calamitous dance routine between Buster Keaton & co-star Elsie Ames. The pair coordinated the uncoordinated skit together in a couple of hours; Elsie was very much in synch with Buster’s slapstick. #oldhollywood #damfino

This Day in Buster—May 14, 1923 Buster Keaton speaks to the Freeport Journal about the complexities of filming. "In one scene in 'Three Ages,' I use a vaulting pole to leap from a horse to a balcony; we shot the same thing 32 times. Only one can be used, of course. Which one?"

This Day in Buster… May 13, 1921 Buster is the scapegoat in this short, which sees him confused for Dead Shot Dan, a wanted criminal. Chases, trains, fights, and close calls ensue, but there’s still time enough for romance! #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… 13th May 1918 ‘Moonshine’ is released with Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, and Alice Lake. This was Keaton’s ninth outing with ‘Comique,' and by this time, Buster’s salary had increased from $40 to $125 a week. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 12, 1928 “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” premieres in New York. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

Movie Monday—"The Lovable Cheat" is based on the 1848 Balzac play "Mercadet Le Faiseur,” with Charles Ruggles in the titular role. Not for the first time, Buster Keaton’s height—or lack thereof—is the gag. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… May 11, 1924 "Sherlock Jr." has its general U.S. release. The game was indeed afoot! #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… May 10, 1925 The Chicago Tribune reports that Buster Keaton has come up with a new invention for consuming pasta: "Working on an invention for restaurants that will enable them to serve spaghetti on spools so that it may be eaten like corn on the cob."

Buster Keaton tries on hats for Ernest Torrence's approval in "Steamboat Bill Jr." from 1928. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

Throwback Thursday - Buster Keaton, Leila Hyams, who played Dorothy Sebastian's romantic rival in Spite Marriage, and Buster's trusty companion, Elmer, on the MGM lot. #oldhollywood #damfino

This Day in Buster… May 6, 1919 Buster has returned to Los Angeles after completing his World War I tour of duty in France. He goes back to work for Roscoe Arbuckle at Comique Studio, where they begin “Back Stage,” which Keaton co-wrote, relying on his vaudeville memories.

IP Wednesday: Behind the scenes footage of Buster Keaton during the filming of The General. #oldhollywood #silentfilm #damfino

This Day in Buster… May 6, 1919 Buster has returned to Los Angeles after completing his World War I tour of duty in France. He goes back to work for Roscoe Arbuckle at Comique Studio, where they begin “Back Stage,” which Keaton co-wrote, relying on his vaudeville memories.

This Day in Buster… May 5, 1915 Alice Faye, of “Hollywood Cavalcade,” 1939, is born. Here she is with Buster Keaton during some outtakes. #oldhollywood #damfino

Movie Monday - “The Gold Ghost,” 1934, is Buster Keaton’s first short for Educational Pictures, and the reception was very positive. #oldhollywood #damfino

This Day in Buster… May 4, 1936 “The Invader" opens in Sweden with the title “En oäkta spanjor." Known as “An Old Spanish Custom” in the US, it was filmed in the UK and, several years later, reworked in the movie “Pest from the West.” #oldhollywood #damfino

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This Day in Buster… May 3, 1935 Buster Keaton's “Tars and Stripes" is released by Educational Pictures. #oldhollywood #damfino

This Day in Buster… May 2, 1930 The Tampa Times describes “Free & Easy” as “by turns extremely good and extremely bad.” Essentially, preferring the first half of the movie to the latter song & dance affair that it deems “laboriously stupid.” #oldhollywood #damfino

This Day in Buster… May 1, 1928 Buster Keaton begins filming “The Cameraman” on the MGM lot after some earlier location filming at Yankee Stadium and on Fifth Avenue. The latter did not go according to plan, which at least allowed Buster to rework and improvise some scenes.

Throwback Thursday - Movie Stars Join Circus for Charity in Los Angeles, California. Buster Keaton dressed as a clown in two clips. In the other two, he is dressed as Man Friday with Gary Cooper as Robinson Crusoe. The clips are from September 4, 1948, and September 13, 1948. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… April 29, 1929 “The Cameraman,” opens in Denmark with the title, “Kanonfotografen.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… April 29, 1896 Natalie Talmadge, Buster Keaton’s first wife, is born. They met back in 1917 when Buster began working for Comique with Roscoe Arbuckle, later—once married—starring together in “Our Hospitality.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… April 28, 1933 "Speak Easily,” with the title "Hajamielinen professori,” opens in Finland. Meaning “The Absent-Minded Professor," with Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd. #oldhollywood #damfino

This Day in Buster… July 14, 1954 Buster guest stars as "The Man" on the Rheingold Theatre TV show production of "The Awakening," an adaptation of Gogol's story "The Cloak"—which also stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It is Buster’s first dramatic appearance on network television.

This Day in Buster… April 27, 1927 The Arizona Republic urged readers to attend the matinee performances of “The General," as it would only be in Phoenix for seven days. They anticipated a big turnout! #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

Movie Monday—Buster Keaton, shopkeeper, measures up Roscoe Arbuckle, the eponymous “hero” in “The Hayseed,” 1919. The latter delivers letters & gets the girl, but not without the former’s help. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

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This Day in Buster… April 26, 1924 “Sherlock Jr." is released over a week after opening in Boston. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… April 25, 1926 “Seven Chances" opens in Finland with the title “Busterin miljoonat.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… April 25, 1926 “Seven Chances" opens in Finland with the title “Busterin miljoonat.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

April 24, 1932 “Sidewalks of New York" opens in Finland with the title “New Yorkin katupoikia.” The title translates to “New York Street Boys." Buster Keaton plays a philanthropist who hopes to reform those street boys with boxing and so win the heart of their leader’s big sister

This Day in Buster… April 24, 1932 “Sidewalks of New York" opens in Finland with the title “New Yorkin katupoikia.” The title translates to “New York Street Boys." Buster Keaton plays a philanthropist who hopes to reform those street boys with boxing and so win the heart of their leader’s big sister

Buster Keaton & Cesar Romero during training for the 1st Evacuation Corps, the "Station Wagon Brigade" that was formed in response to the fears of the anticipated Japanese invasion that would require a massive evacuation of Southern California during WWII. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… April 23, 1917 Roscoe Arbuckle's “The Butcher Boy,” Buster Keaton’s movie debut, is released. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm