Buster Keaton a filmmaker's life

"A comprehensive account of the life and work of Buster Keaton"--

Main Author: Curtis, James, 1953- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.