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[Compilation of excerpts from Buster Keaton's short films]

United States

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A compilation of excerpts from some of Buster Keaton’s silent slapstick comedy films.
1. Buster Keaton gets a job in an ice cream parlour.
2. Keaton plays baseball.
3. Keaton plays a ‘colored’ waiter.
4. ‘College’ (part 4) - Keaton tries out in track and field.
5. Keaton joins a rowing club.
6. Keaton shows his guests around his ‘modern’ mansion.
NB: No opening title sequences and shorts are spliced together.

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Credits

producer/director

Buster Keaton

production company

Buster Keaton Films

Production places
United States
Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

313437

Languages

English

No spoken word

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts

Comedy

Comedy → Slapstick comedies

Silent films

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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