Starring Buster Keaton
24 Episodes
Arguably the greatest comic genius of the silent era, Buster Keaton turned the adage “less is more” into slapstick gold, using his perpetually passive, poker-faced visage to wring laughs from the most absurd situations. A child of vaudeville, he transferred the knockabout style of physical comedy he honed on the stage to the nascent medium of cinema in a string of increasingly brilliant two-reel shorts, distinguishing himself both in front of and behind the camera with his audacious, often genuinely dangerous set pieces and innate understanding of the possibilities of cinema. With features like THE GENERAL and STEAMBOAT BILL, Jr., Keaton took silent comedy to new heights of astonishing ambition—all the while remaining, thanks to that immovable countenance, touchingly human.
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01:00Episode 1Starring Buster Keaton Teaser
Episode 1
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1:04:16Episode 2Three Ages
Episode 2
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1923 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace BeeryA brilliant historical satire teeming with inventive flourishes, Buster Keaton’s THREE AGES is a silent comedy of truly epic proportions. Keaton’s first feature is a clever ...
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1:15:53Episode 3Our Hospitality
Episode 3
Directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone • 1923 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Natalie TalmadgeOUR HOSPITALITY broadened the boundaries of slapstick and proved that Buster Keaton was not just a comedian, he was an artist. Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay...
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1:19:08Episode 4The General
Episode 4
Directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman • 1926 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen CavenderConsistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with e...
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College
Episode 5
Directed by Buster Keaton and James W. Horne • 1927 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora BramleyBuster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of university life in COLLEGE. Keaton stars as Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in p...
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1:09:31Episode 6Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Episode 6
Directed by Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner • 1928 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuireSTEAMBOAT BILL, JR. was Buster Keaton’s last independent silent comedy and also one of his finest. He stars as the sensitive son of a gruff riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence...
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One Week
Episode 7
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1920 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Sybil SeelyBuster Keaton’s first short as an independent producer displays his daredevil innovation as a pair of newlyweds struggle to assemble their prefab house.
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22:02Episode 8Convict 13
Episode 8
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1920 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe RobertsBuster plays a game of golf—and winds up as a jailbird.
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19:24Episode 9The Scarecrow
Episode 9
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1920 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil SeelyFarmhand Buster looks for love and ends up playing the dummy in a cornfield.
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24:05Episode 11The Haunted House
Episode 11
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1921 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsAn unlucky bank clerk tangles with robbers hiding out in a haunted house.
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21:03Episode 13The High Sign
Episode 13
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1921 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles DoretyA day at the amusement park goes awry when Buster becomes an accidental hit man.
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24:36Episode 15The Playhouse
Episode 15
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1921 • United States
Starring Buster KeatonTwenty-plus Buster Keatons play every role in a surreal variety show—and that’s just the beginning!
Please be advised: this film contains blackface.
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26:50Episode 18My Wife’s Relations
Episode 18
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Kate Price, Wheezer DellBuster finds himself caught in a less-than-blissful marriage.
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22:54Episode 19The Blacksmith
Episode 19
Directed by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsA bumbling blacksmith’s assistant tries his hand at fixing a car.
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18:30Episode 20The Frozen North
Episode 20
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil SeelyBuster gets snowbound in a Klondike melodrama spoof.
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22:59Episode 21The Electric House
Episode 21
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe KeatonAn unqualified electrician’s home “improvements” go haywire.
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24:41Episode 22Day Dreams
Episode 22
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Joe RobertsA luckless young man tries to impress his sweetheart’s father by getting a job—but winds up all wet.
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26:28Episode 23The Balloonatic
Episode 23
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1923 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Babe London, Phyllis HaverBuster takes a wild hot-air-balloon ride and finds misadventure in the great outdoors.
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23:50Episode 24The Love Nest
Episode 24
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1923 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia FoxSpurned by his fiancée, Buster Keaton sets sail for the high seas, where he squares off against a tyrannical whaling-vessel captain.
