Buster Keaton
A Filmmaker's Life
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022, ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 810 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A comprehensive account of the life and work of Buster Keaton"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Rivers, Manitoba -- Low comedy. The smallest comedian ; Keep your eye on the kid ; Big frog in a little puddle ; Not like the old man anymore ; I cast my lot with the pictures ; Getting restless ; Jasper, Alberta --That wonderful spirit of youth. The comedy sensation of the screen world ; The most unique and original comedian ; Spooling comedy ; Our hospitality ; The navigator ; Friendless ; The General ; Steamboat Bill, Jr. ; Giving in ; The cameraman ; Montreal, Quebec -- You studio people warp my character. The gag day is over ; Running around loose ; Crash in to my life ; I've got lots of time ; One of the skeletons in the M-G-M closet ; A comedy sequence here and there ; Diggin' up material ; Montreal, Quebec -- The biggest star in the picture. Along came television ; The worst thing ever made ; Merton of the movies ; Once upon a mattress ; When television was king ; The railrodder ; Something like a genius.
Subjects:
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780385354219
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Keaton, Buster | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Keaton, Buster | Wheatley (Shandon) | Biography | In |
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf" -- title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and index.
Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and index.