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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

★ 7.5/10•1987•53m•NR•Documentary
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A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

David Gill · Writer

Kevin Brownlow · Writer

David Gill · Director

Kevin Brownlow · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime53m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 30, 1987

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode OneE153m

Episode One

Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.

Sep 30, 1987

Episode 2 - Episode TwoE253m

Episode Two

Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.

Oct 7, 1987

Episode 3 - Episode ThreeE352m

Episode Three

The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.

Oct 14, 1987

Actors

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage)

Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eleanor Keaton

Eleanor Keaton

Self

James Karen

James Karen

William Collier Jr.

William Collier Jr.

Viola Dana

Viola Dana

Marion Mack

Marion Mack

Charles Lamont

Charles Lamont

Self

William R. Cox

Loyal T. Lucas

Self

Dean Riesner

Dean Riesner

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