Thanks so much for this lovely archive of Buster Keaton. I am obsessed with his work. He is like a god to me and we were so lucky to have him. I wish I could have lived back then for just that possibility of meeting the brilliant man himself.
Thank You for posting this. I've been looking for it for awhile. In it, Buster Keaton re-create the ball routine stunt he perfected when he was a boy and working with his parents on the vaudeville stage. No film footage exists of their act which consisted of a table stunt and a ball stunt, much like is seen in this film. His father would be in the center of the stage proceeding to give a lecture on the proper way to bring up children while in the background, Buster would be misbehaving with a ball on a rope. He would swing it round and round until it finally wacked his dad upside the head. His dad would then chase him all around the stage and when he caught him, he would give little Buster a tussle. Its nice to get an idea of what their act used to look like way back when it was billed as ''The Roughest Act in Vaudeville'
I love how near the end he copied their old vaudeville routine from when he was a kid. It's also very fitting that the first convict to be hut by the ball on the rope is his father, Joe Keaton.
The kings of comedy: Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, the Keystone Kops. Love it. Comedians nowadays can't even come close to this, and they think they have to use foul language to be funny.
I was amazed after knowing that the stunts are real. Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Mr. Bean is the greatest comedy collaboration that never happened.
The image quality is not the best and the intertitles are written with a very modern letter, but it is the most complete version in RU-vid, all the other lack approximately one minute of footage and the image is cut off by the edges, so thanks uploading this version. I saw her with my little nieces and they loved her from beginning to end.
Sadly, convict 13 is one of his films that we're lucky even to have a bad print of. I believe it had been lost for some time, and then they rediscovered it. Sad it's in such bad condition though. I hate to see silent films in this state.
Molly R. Goates Unfortunately a ton of silent movies aren’t in great condition... however we should be thankful for the silent movies that do still exist. 90% of all silent films ever made are now considered lost... it’s heartbreaking 😭
9:10 i like how buster keaton's films had women characters that had personality and did actions that affected the plot, and were not just objects to woo. awesome stuff.
Thank you so much for this archive. Buster Keaton is my hero. I think Charlie Chaplin is like Bill Gates and Buster Keaton is Steve Jobs(and absolutely I prefer Keaton).
It's hard to believe that over three hundred trolls gave this film a thumbs down. I wonder how far they had to go from the bridges they lived under to see this comedy classic.
Quite possibly they thumbed down the horrible and invasive music that added nothing to the narrative. There was also nothing stated in the description as to why this particular score was included in the first place. Was it an "original" score, an improvisation or in any way supposed to aid the motions or characterization on screen? I just found the whole film unwatchable. And no ... in anticipation of the stock you tube answer to this type of issue .... having to mute something which was deliberately included is not an obvious "solution".
Buster Keaton, like modern-day Jackie Chan, performed his own STUNTS...Unlike today where Hollywood pretty no talent boys have a stunt person for everything... Back then, most actors used to do their own stunts.
To be fair, Keaton had 17 years of vaudeville training in acrobatics and stunt work under his belt when he began acting in films. We don’t have anything like vaudeville now. Also, when Buster’s contract was sold to MGM, they forbade him from doing any more stunts. So even if modern actors were trained to do them, the studios would never allow it. Actors are pieces of property, and the studios don’t want their property getting hurt.
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А вам известно, что последняя казнь через повешение была официально в Англии в 1963 году. Жена убила своего мужа и ее повесили. Во Франции казнь на гильетине была отменена в 1971 году.
