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Buster Keaton's Silent Features and Comedies (1917-1928)

Buster Keaton's Silent Features and Comedies (1917-1928)

  1. Keaton makes film debut in Arbuckle’s Comique unit

    Labels: Roscoe Arbuckle, The Butcher

  2. Comique shorts mature Keaton’s screen persona

    Labels: Comique Film, Buster Keaton

  3. Final Arbuckle–Keaton short closes their partnership

    Labels: The Garage, Arbuckle Keaton

  4. Independent short One Week launches “Keaton style”

    Labels: One Week, Buster Keaton

  5. Keaton’s first feature role arrives with The Saphead

    Labels: The Saphead, feature debut

  7. Three Ages becomes Keaton’s first self-made feature

    Labels: Three Ages, writer-director

  8. Our Hospitality integrates gags into a period adventure

    Labels: Our Hospitality, period adventure

  9. Sherlock Jr. pushes film-editing “trick” storytelling

    Labels: Sherlock Jr, editing innovation

  10. The Navigator becomes a major box-office success

    Labels: The Navigator, box-office success

  11. Seven Chances demonstrates feature pacing around one deadline

    Labels: Seven Chances, deadline plot

  12. The General premieres, aiming for epic action-comedy scale

    Labels: The General, train chase

  13. College continues features as silent era nears its end

    Labels: College, sports comedy

  14. Keaton signs MGM deal, shifting to studio control

    Labels: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, contract signing

  15. Steamboat Bill, Jr. ends Keaton’s independent silent run

    Labels: Steamboat Bill, falling house