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Buster Keaton. The short films collection, 1920-1923
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- Summary
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A collection of Buster Keaton's 19 classic silent short comedy films.
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- Creator
- / produced for video by Bret Wood ; restoration consultant, Bruce Lawton
- Included Titles
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- The "high sign"
- One week
- Convict 13
- The scarecrow
- Neighbors
- The haunted house
- Hard luck
- The goat
- The play house
- The boat
- The paleface
- Cops
- My wife's relations
- The blacksmith
- The frozen north
- Day dreams
- The electric house
- The balloonatic
- The love nest
- Character studies
- Seeing stars
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor, screenwriter, film director
- Cline, Edward, 1892-1961, screenwriter, film director
- St. Clair, Malcolm, 1897-1952, film director, screenwriter
- Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961, film producer
- Fox, Virginia, 1902-1982, actor
- Roberts, Joe, 1870-1923, actor
- De Haven, Carter, 1886-1977, actor
- Montana, Bull, 1887-1950, actor
- Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- writer of supplementary textual content
- Lessley, Elgin, 1883-1944, director of photography
- Model, Ben, composer
- Wood, Bret, producer
- Brownlow, Kevin, restorationist (expression)
- Rohauer, Raymond, restorationist (expression)
- Metro Pictures Corporation
- First National Pictures, Inc.
- Kino International Corporation
- Publication
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- Ultimate 3-disc edition
- New York : Kino International, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 3 videodiscs (390 min.) : silent, black and white, and tinted color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
- digital optical
- video file DVD video
- OCLC
- ocn733752454
- Credits
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- Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana
- Photography, Elgin Lessley (7th film) ; music, Ben Model (1st, 2nd, 10th, 12th, 14th, 18th films) ; video producer, Bret Wood
- Title from disc label; edition from container.
- Includes musical accompaniment.
- Seventh film restored and re-titled by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill for Thames Silents in association with Raymond Rohauer.
- Program notes (illustrations) inserted in container.
- Videodisc release of films produced between 1920 and 1923.
- Special features: fifteen visual essays; alternate/deleted shots from some films; The men who would be Buster: a collection of clips from slapstick films influenced by Keaton's work; four visual essays on the films' locations; "Character studies" (ca. 1922) a gag film starring Carter DeHaven with cameos by Keaton and others; "Seeing stars" (excerpts), a 1922 film featuring cameos by Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and others; booklet with essay by Jeffrey Vance.
- Disc 1. The "high sign" (1921) / [presented by] Joseph M. Schenck ; released exclusively through Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by "Buster" Keaton and Eddie Cline -- One week (1920) / Convict 13 (1921) / The scarecrow (1920) / [presented by] Joseph M. Schenck ; released exclusively through Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by "Buster Keaton" and Eddie Cline -- Neighbors (1920) / The haunted house (1921) / Hard luck (1921) / [presented by] Joseph M. Schenck ; released exclusively through Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline
- Disc 2. The goat (1921) / [presented by] Joseph M. Schenck ; released exclusively through Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Mal St. Clair -- The play house (1921) / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by "Buster" Keaton and Eddie Cline -- The boat (1921) / The paleface (1922) / Cops (1922) / My wife's relations (1922) / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by "Buster" Keaton and Eddie Cline
- Disc 3. The blacksmith (1922) / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Mal St. Clair -- The frozen north (1922) / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by "Buster" Keaton and Eddie Cline -- Day dreams (1922) / The electric house (1922) / The balloonatic (1923) / The love nest (1923) / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by "Buster" Keaton