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Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts
1920-1923
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2013
Summary
By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest ranked silent on the American Film Institute's survey of the 100 greatest films. Before Keaton ventured into longer works, however, he had honed his skills as an actor, writer, and director of short films produced in the early 1920s.
In Buster Keaton’s Silent Shorts: 1920-1923, James L. Neibaur and Terri Niemi provide a film-by-film assessment of these brilliant two-reelers. The authors discuss the significance of each short—The High Sign, One Week, Convict 13, The Scarecrow, Neighbors, The Haunted House, Hard Luck, The Goat, The Playhouse, The Boat, The Paleface, Cops, My Wife’s Relations, The Blacksmith, Frozen North, Daydreams, The Electric House, The Balloonatic, and The Love Nest—to the Keaton filmography, as well as each film’s importance to cinema.
Offering a clear and in-depth perspective on these 19 films, the authors explain what makes these shorts effective and why they’re funny. Buster Keaton’s Silent Shorts will enlighten both scholars and casual fans alike about the early work produced by one of cinema's most gifted comedians and filmmakers.
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Edition
1/2013
Copyright Year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8740-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8741-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
254
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Prologue: The Buster Keaton Short Films No access
Chapter 01. The High Sign (1920) No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 02. One Week (1920) No access Pages 17 - 32
