Buster Keaton
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Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 to February 1, 1966), born in Piqua, Kansas, was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face." In the following recording, from an April 17, 1964 television...
2) The Paleface
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Crooked "oil sharks" led by a man named Hunt have stolen a Native American tribe's lease to their land and given them 24 hours to vacate. Furious, the chief orders that the first white man who enters their encampment be killed. Buster unwittingly wanders in while chasing a butterfly. They tie him to a stake and collect wood. When he frees himself, the warriors give chase, but during the chase, he finds some asbestos and fashions himself some fireproof...
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College boy William Canfield Jr. reunites with his boat captain father in a Mississippi River town. Although he's flummoxed by Willie's citified appearance, the elder Canfield seems to have found an ally to help him compete with fellow riverboat owner John James King. Willie finds himself falling for King's daughter, Mary, but he has more pressing concerns when the weather turns bad and his father is arrested.
5) The general
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Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The general is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.
6) The Paleface
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Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
13) Day Dreams
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A sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.
14) Convict 13
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A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
15) The Balloonatic
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A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
16) One Week
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A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
17) Cops
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A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
19) Neighbors
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A young couple who live next to each other in tenement apartments do everything they can to be together despite of their feuding families.
20) The Boat
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Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.



