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original lobby poster for Buster Keaton's 1923 feature            on Page 1:
Short Profile
Video & DVD Collections
Silent Shorts
Links
on this page:
Silent Features
Sound Films 1929-33
Works About Buster Keaton
on Page 3:
Sound Films 1934-66

Silent Features

"The Round-Up" [Famous Players-Lasky 1920]
Directed by George Melford; starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
video not available; full credits from IMDb

Saphead etc   "The Saphead" [Metro 1920]
Directed by Herbert Blaché

Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
Kino Video b&w DVD [11/2001] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "The High Sign" & "One Week" shorts
Three Ages etc   "The Three Ages" [Metro 1923]: a spoof of
D.W. Griffith's 1916 epic "Intolerance"
Co-directed by Edward F. Cline

Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
Kino Video b&w DVD [11/99] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "The Goat" & "My Wife's Relations" shorts

Hospitality + Sherlock   "Our Hospitality" [Schenck/MGM 1923]
Co-directed by John G. Blystone

with Joe Keaton & Natalie Talmadge
full credits from IMDb
"Sherlock Jr." [BKP/MGM 1924]
with Joe Keaton; full credits from IMDb
listed on National Film Registry 1991; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $18.95
Kino Video b&w DVD [11/99] for $21.99

Navigator etc   "The Navigator" [BKP/MGM 1924]
Co-directed by Donald Crisp

Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
Kino Video b&w DVD [11/99] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "The Boat" & "The Love Nest" shorts
Seven Chances etc   "Seven Chances" [BKP/MGM 1925]
Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
Kino Video b&w DVD [1/2000] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "The Balloonatic" & "Neighbors" shorts
Go West etc   "Go West" [BKP/MGM 1925]
Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
Kino Video b&w DVD [11/99] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "The Scarecrow" & "The Paleface" shorts
Battling Butler etc   "Battling Butler" [BKP/MGM 1926]
Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
b&w DVD [10/99] for $26.99 via Amazon.com
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "The Haunted House" & "The Frozen North" shorts
General etc   "The General" [BKP/UA 1927]
"one of the best five silent films ever made"
per A.F.I.; listed on National Film Registry 1989

Co-written & co-directed by & starring Buster Keaton, co-starring Annabelle Lee

Image Ent. b&w DVD [10/99] for $26.99
Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
full credits from IMDb
video & DVD above also contain "The Playhouse" & "Cops" shorts
General poster  
poster source not found
Jef Films b&w VHS [5/98] for $19.99
College etc   "College" [Schenck/UA 1927]
Co-directed by James W. Horne

Kino Video b&w VHS [6/95] for $29.95 **
Kino Video b&w DVD [1/2000] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "Hard Luck", "The Electric House" & "The Blacksmith" shorts
College alone  
Madacy Ent. b&w VHS [12/97] for $4.99
Steamboat etc   "Steamboat Bill Jr." [BKP/UA 1928]
Co-directed by Charles Reisner

Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $19.95
b&w DVD [10/99] for $26.99
full credits from IMDb
video also contains "Daydreams" & "Convict 13" shorts
Jef Films b&w VHS [5/98] out of stock/used

Cameraman poster: poster source not found            French 'Cameraman' poster: no longer available at AllPosters.com            purchase 11"w by 17"h "Cameraman" mini-poster at AllPosters.com

Cameraman   "The Cameraman" [MGM 1928]
Warner b&w VHS [9/2000] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
Spite Marriage   "Spite Marriage" [MGM 1929]
Co-directed by Edward Sedgwick

Warner b&w VHS [9/2000] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb


Early Sound Films

Hollywood Review of 1929 [MGM 1929]
video not available; full credits from IMDb

Free & Easy   "Free and Easy" [MGM March 1930]
Directed by Edward Sedgwick

Warner Video [1/93] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
Buster made a French-language version ('Le Metteur en Scene') and a Spanish-language version ('Estrellados')
Doughboys   "Doughboys"
[aka 'Forward March!'; MGM Aug 1930]
Directed by Edward Sedgwick

Warner VHS [1/93] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
Spanish-language version ('De Frente Marchen')
Sidewalks   "Sidewalks of New York" [MGM Sept 1931]
Directed by Zion Myers & Jules White

Warner b&w VHS [12/93] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
French-language version 'Buster Millionaire'
not listed at IMDb
Sidewalks poster   poster no longer available [Oct 2003]

"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" [aka 'Romeo In Pyjamas'; MGM 1931]
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Madacy Ent. VHS [1/95] out of stock
full credits from IMDb; Buster made both a French-language version ('Buster Se Marie',
directed by Claude Autant-Lara & Edward Brophy) and a German-language
version ('Casanova Wider Willen', directed by Edward Brophy)

"Wir schalten um auf Hollywood" [MGM 1931]
German-language feature; video not available; full credits from IMDb

The Slippery Pearls [April 1931]
industry charity short with all-star cast; full credits from IMDb

"The Passionate Plumber" [MGM 1932]
Directed by Edward Sedgwick; co-starring Jimmy Durante
video not available; full credits from IMDb
French-language version ('Le Plombier Amoureux')

"Talking Screen Snapshots" [Columbia 1932]
all-star cast; video not available; full credits from IMDb

Speak Easily   "Speak Easily" [Hal Roach/MGM Aug 1932]
a sendup of 'The Blue Angel'
Directed by Edward Sedgwick;
co-starring Jimmy Durante & Thelma Todd

Warner b&w VHS [1/93] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
What! No Beer?   "What! No Beer?" [MGM 1933]
Buster's last star billing; directed by Edward Sedgwick
co-starring Jimmy Durante & Roscoe Ates

Warner b&w VHS [1/93] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb


Works About Buster Keaton

BK Remembered   "Buster Keaton Remembered" [2001]
by Eleanor Keaton & Jeffrey Vance
Illustrated with 235 b&w photographs

Harry N. Abrams 12x9½ hardcover [5/2001] for $31.50
Silent Echoes   "Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton" [1999]
by John Bengtson & Kevin Brownlow

Santa Monica Press 8½x11 pb [12/99] for $17.46
Theater & Cinema   "The Theater & Cinema of Buster Keaton" [1999]
by Robert Knopf

Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/99] for $12.76
Keaton's Silent Shorts   "Keaton's Silent Shorts: Beyond the Laughter" [1996]
by Gabriella Oldham

Southern Illinois Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [2/96] for $31.99
Southern Illinois Univ Press hardcover [2/96] for $45.00
Buster Keaton bio & biblio   "Buster Keaton: A Bio-Bibliography" [1995]
by Joanna E. Rapf & Gary L. Green

Greenwood Publng hardcover [2/95] for $71.94
Sound of Buster Keaton   "The Sound of Buster Keaton" [1995]
by David Macleod

Buster Books, London limited edition pb
[10/95] ISBN 0952641305

"Buster: A Legend in Laughter" [1995] by Larry Edwards
paperback | hardcover both out of print/used

"Buster Keaton en España: Images from Keaton On The Set of 'A Funny Thing...' "
A documentary film produced in Spain and released in September of 1995

Buster Keaton Enters Into Paradise   "Buster Keaton Enters Into Paradise" [1994]
by Dick Higgins

surreal, poetic work based on eleven games
of Scrabble & Buster's movie titles
Small Press Distribution pb [10/94] for $13.99
Complete Films of Buster Keaton   "The Complete Films of Buster Keaton" [1993]
by Jim Kline

Carol/Citadel Press 11x8.4 pb [6/93] out of print/used

"Buster's Bedroom" [1990]; co-written & directed by Rebecca Horn
video not available; full credits from IMDb
"Busters Bedroom: A Film Book" [1991]
by Rebecca Horn, Sven Nykvist & Martin Mosebach

Distributed Art Publrs hardcover [10/91]for $39.95
"Rebecca Horn: Diving Through Buster's Bedroom" [1990]
by Germano Celant & Davide Fabbri

hardcover [1990] out of print/used

Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down   "Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down" [1988]
by Tom Dardis

Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2002] for $13.27
Proscenium Publng 9x6 pb [11/88] for $17.95
Buster Keaton Hard Act To Follow series   "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act To Follow" [HBO mini-series 1987]
Written & directed by Kevin Brownlow & David Gill

b&w box set [8/89] 3 tapes for $34.99
"From Vaudeville to Movies" b&w [8/89] for $19.99
"Star Without a Studio" b&w [8/89] for $19.99
"Genius Recognized" b&w [8/89] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb

Buster Keaton: Cut Too The Chase   "Buster Keaton: Cut Too The Chase" [1985]
by Marion Meade

Da Capo Press 9¼x6 pb [10/97] for $12.60
Harper Hardcover [9/85] out of print/used
Slapstick / Buster Keaton autobiography   "My Wonderful World of Slapstick" [Doubleday 1960]
Buster Keaton autobiography, with Charles Samuels

Da Capo Press pb [4/88] for $11.20

"The Look of Buster Keaton" [1983] by Robert Benayoun
St Martin Press [10/83] out of print/used

"The Film Career of Buster Keaton" [1977]
by George Wead
Redgrave Publng [1977] out of print/used

"The Best of Buster: Classic Comedy Scenes
Direct from the Films of Buster Keaton" [1976]
Crown/Darien [10/76] out of print/used

"Buster Keaton & the Dynamics of Visual Wit" [1976]
by George Wead & Garth S. Lowett
Ayer Company hardcover [4/76] out of print/used

"The Golden Age of Buster Keaton" [documentary film 1975]
Produced by Raymond Rohauer & Jay Ward
video not available; full credits from IMDb

"Four Clowns" [1970]: also Laurel & Hardy, Charley Chase
video not available; full credits from IMDb

Buster Keaton bio by David Robinson   "Buster Keaton" biography [1969] by David Robinson
Indiana Univ Press pb [2/69] out of print/used
Indiana Univ Press hardcover [2/69] out of print/used
B.F.I./Secker & Warburg hardcover [1/69] out of print/used
"The Great Stone Face" [docu 1968]
video not available; full credits from IMDb

Buster keaton bio by Blesh   "Keaton" biography [1966]
by Rudi Blesh

Macmillan 6x9¼ hardcover [1966] out of print/used

"The Buster Keaton Story" [1957]: starring Donald O'Connor
lousy script; video not available; full credits from IMDb

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Keaton Page 2: Silent Features Sound Films 1929-33 Works About BK
Kaeton Page 3: Sound Films 1934-66

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