Buster Keaton
| Born | October 4, 1895 |
| Hometown | Piqua, Kansas, United States |
| Height | 5'5" (1.65m) |
| Spouse | Eleanor Keaton, Mae Scriven, Natalie Talmadge, Natalie Talmadge |
| Children | Joseph Talmadge Keaton, Robert Talmadge Keaton |
| Parents | Myra Keaton, Joe Keaton |
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Classic silent movies reborn with music by Radiohead, REM, Pearl Jam and other alt rockers
- "Silents Synced," a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with "Nosferatu X Radiohead" at American Cinematheque.
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100 Years Later, Revisiting Buster Keaton in the Multiverse
A hundred years later, the sequence still radiates an otherworldly aura: a man wearing a porkpie hat walks down the aisle of a movie theater, steps up onto the stage, and slips into the motion picture screen. The film we have been watching — a conventional enough story of a boy who loses his girl due …
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Ryan Reynolds joins stars calling for a stunt Oscars category as he praises Deadpool and Wolverine team
"Stunt work doesn't have a category at the Oscars and I hope that'll change someday"
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Ryan Reynolds Urges the Academy to Add a Stunt Oscar to Recognize His ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Team
"If you’d like to see The Academy recognize the amazing work of stunt teams ACROSS THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY, let them know!" the star says The post Ryan Reynolds Urges the Academy to Add a Stunt Oscar to Recognize His ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Team appeared first on TheWrap.
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Buster Keaton’s ‘The Cameraman’ with live music at Leavitt Theatre
Buster Keaton's classic silent comedy set in 1920s New York City to be shown on the big screen at the Leavitt Theatre.
- EntertainmentThe Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind.
Buster Keaton film to grace Paramount screen
Jun. 18—ANDERSON — Before there was "Jackass" or Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton. Keaton captured the hearts and stomachs of audiences during the era of silent films with his original stunts and funny antics. "The General," which will be showing June 22 at 7:30 p.m, follows a Southern railroad engineer, Johnny Gray, who tries to recover a Confederate locomotive after it was stolen by ...
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‘Robot Dreams’ Director: The Problem with Most Animated Films Is the Characters Overact
Pablo Berger talks about treating his animators like actors, and what he learned from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton in making his wordless film.
- EntertainmentGold Derby
Celebrating the centennial of Buster Keaton’s biggest hits: ‘Sherlock Jr.’ and ‘The Navigator’
Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd were the clown jewels of silent comedy. Chaplin was off the screen in 1924; he was a year away from the release of one of his feature masterpieces “The Gold Rush.” Lloyd followed the blockbuster success of 1923’s “Safety Last!” in 1924 with the gems “Girl Shy” and “Hot …
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Anya Taylor-Joy Only Has 30 Lines in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
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Free screening of Buster Keaton documentary set for Frauenthal Theater
A documentary on one of the country’s finest silent film stars and one of Muskegon’s own is set for a showing at the Frauenthal Theater.
- EntertainmentVariety
How the Slapstick, Black-and-White Movie ‘Hundreds of Beavers’ Took Over the Indie Scene With a $150,000 Budget, Sub-Zero Temperatures and More
In October 2018 while sharing beers in a frigid Milwaukee bar with his soon-to-be leading man Ryland Tews, director, visual effects artist and editor of “Hundreds of Beavers” Mike Cheslik conceived the film based on three simple elements: his After Effects skills, familiarity with snow and Tews’ uncanny ability to fall over. “We knew that …
