The BIRTHPLACE of BUSTER KEATON - "The GREAT STONE FACE" of COMEDY
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| BK-WAR |  | Buster Keaton in "War, Italian Style" (DVD) (1965-Italy), aka, "2 Marines e 1 Generale" Costarring Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Fred Clark & Martha Hyer, Color, approx. 97 mins. In this World War II farse, Buster plays a benign Axis general who mutely bumbles his way through while two Allied under-cover agents, Italy's Laurel & Hardy team - Franco & Ciccio - struggle in occupied Italy. Fred Clark as the Allied general coordinates the spy mission which goes awry until the inept pair kidnap Buster, enabling a successful Allied invasion. In Italian with no English subtitles, but easy to follow with Buster's quiet and classic pantomime in his last feature film. | $12.95 |  |
| BK-SDILU |  | Buster Keaton in "San Diego, I Love You" (DVD) (1944) Starring Edward Everett Horton, Louise Allbritton, Irene Ryan, Jon Hall, Eric Blore, Black & White, 83 mins. Edward Everett Horton plays an inventor and father of an eccentric family. When his inflatable life raft interests investors, his daughter Virginia plans the trip to San Diego. When she meets the head guy, bus driver Buster adds loads of deadpan charm as the trek becomes a magical mystery tour while Virginia works her Lucy-esque wiles on passengers. | $12.95 | |
| BK-AWK |  | Buster Keaton in "The Awakening" (DVD) (1944) (1954, 57) In English. Narrated by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Costarring Jack Hayter & Carl Jaffe. Black & White, approx. 60 mins. Also included, Buster Keaton stars on "I've Got A Secret" (1957) A very rare film from a Chinese archive, 'Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents' dramatic adaptation of Keaton in Gogol's 'The Cloak.' Buster, a records dept. clerk in an unnamed totalitarian regime, needs a new coat before Winter. Finally, robbed & destitute, he confronts & murders 'The Chief' & goes to prison. But don't worry, it ends just like 'Sherlock Jr.' | $12.95 | |
| BK-MCH |  | Buster Keaton in "Mooching Through Georgia" (DVD) (1939) Dir by Jules White. Costarring Bud Jamison, Harley Wood, Ned Glass,
Black & White, approx. 19 mins. Rarest of his Columbia sound shorts! A dozen years after 'The General,' Keaton revisits the Civil War theme in this fast-n-funny talkie short. Rebel Buster recounts his exploits to an unsympathetic Yankee at the old solider's home. A story unfolds not unlike that of johnnie Gray's daring mission in his silent classic! | $9.95 | |
| BK-SCR |  | Buster Keaton in "The SCRIBE" & More (DVD) (1931, 58, 65) Talkies, Color, Black & White, total time = 63 mins. The Scribe (1965) In Buster's last commercial film for the Construction Safety Associations of Ontario, he wrecks a construction site selling safety to the assaulted workmen. A Very Merry Christmas (1950s) In this classic TV episode, Buster plays 'Charlie' the handyman & Santa Claus for hospital kids. Very touching! The Stolen Jools (1930s) Buster plays the sergeant of the Keystone Cops in this Chesterfield short. | $12.95 | |
| BK-SGT |  | Buster Keaton in "Sergeant Deadhead" (DVD) (1944) (1965) Costarring Frankie Avalon, Eve Arden and Deborah Walley, Color, approx. 94 mins. In one of Keaton's last supporting roles, he plays Airman Blinken, who carries out the ad hoc machinations of the airbase chief. Frankie Avalon plays a hapless airman who bungles into a space shot, undergoes atmospheric behavioral changes, and almost loses the girl he loves. Don't worry - Buster's slapstick antics help the plot along! | $12.95 | |
| BK-3M |  | Buster Keaton - Three More Classics (DVD) (1930s, 40s, 50s) talkies, Black & White, approx. 60 mins. A collection of Buster in two of the rarest Golden Age of Television shows and one Hollywood short.  Sam Keaton - Private EyeBuster pokes fun at Sam SpadeThe Ed Wynn ShowBuster's first TV appearanceThe Voice of HollywoodKeaton does parlor tricks in this Tiffany Pictures short
| $9.95 | |
| BK-FAD |  | Buster Keaton in "Forever And A Day" (DVD) (1943) Also starring Billy Bevan, Charles Irwin, Gene Lockhart, Victor McLaglen, Edward Everett Horton, Arthur Treacher, Ida Lupino, Talkie, Black & White, approx. 104 mins. This British Feature Film made to rally the war effort has a host of stars and world-reknown directors. The film traces the history of one British family over three centuries up to the current WWII story. The film emblemizes English pluck, love of tradition, freedom and family to bolster the nation's resolve. Buster cameos as the prat-falling painter's assistant. | $12.95 | |
| BK-FILM |  | Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's "FILM" (DVD) (1965) Costarring James Karen. This short has no sound and is approx. 21 mins. long In 1965, Buster Keaton, the 'Great Stone Face' of the silent era, filmed his final film, what would be an award-winning short by Samuel Beckett called "FILM." Yet within the drama, Keaton weaves his eternal bits of comic business. | $9.95 | |
| BK-LER |  | Buster Keaton in "Le Roi Des Champs-Elysees" (DVD) (1934-France) In French, Black & White, approx. 69 mins. This is the first of Keaton's feature films after leaving MGM. Buster plays a double role, as a hopelessly-aspiring actor of the Paris stage who wants to impress his new-found love interest. An escaped convict & underworld figure, who looks just like Buster, is also on the loose to complicate matters. | $11.95 | |
| BK-SS |  | Buster Keaton in "The Scene Stealers" (DVD) (1950s) Costarring the comic Ed Wynn, black & White, approx. 60 mins. A rare kinoscope recording captures the comedy duo of Keaton & Wynn wrecking havoc behind the scenes of this March of Dimes production. Meanwhile, an all-star cast entertains us, including Emcee Jimmy Durante's piano comedy, Ralph Edward's This is Your Life set, Bonanza's Dan Blocker & Lorne Greene, Jackie Cooper, Jack Lemmon, Fritz Feld, James Garner. Rosemary Clooney, Fabian, Nanette Fabray, Eartha Kitt, The Limelighters and Roger Williams perform musical numbers. | $9.95 | |
| BK-GC |  | Buster Keaton in "God's Country" (DVD) (1946) Costarring Robert Lowery & Helen Gilbert, cinecolor, approx. 64 mins. An accused murderer escapes to the natural splendor of the Redwood forests and helps the locals against some greedy lumbermen. Keaton plays a scout, Mr. Boone, who adds plenty of hilarious business. His routines with resident animals are masterpieces of comic timing. | $11.95 | |
| BK-LC |  | Buster Keaton in "The Lovable Cheat" (DVD) (1949) Costarring Charles Ruggles & Peggy Ann Garner, Black & White, approx. 76 mins. Based on Balzac's classic French farce featuring Charles Ruggles as a cash-poor Parisian gentleman who must scheme to keep his creditors and the sheriff at bay. Keaton plays a Napoleanic banker whose false teeth keep slipping. His major supporting role makes the medium-budget film a delight to watch. Viva Buster! | $9.95 | |
| BK-VP |  | Buster Keaton in "The Villain Still Pursued Her" (DVD) (1940) Costarring Richard Cromwell & Anita Louise, talkie, Black & White, approx. 70 mins. An all-star cast helps Keaton recreate the 1844 Victorian melodrama, "The Fallen Saved" in this hilarious parody. A wonderfully hokey, cliche-ridden farse against the evils of drinking! Keaton plays his main suporting character 'with one foot in the trough." Also starring Billy Gilbert, Margaret Hamilton, Franklin Pangborn and Alan Mowbray. | $10.95 | |
| BK-NOT |  | Buster Keaton in "No Time At All" (DVD) (1950s) Costarring Keenan Wynn, Chico Marx, Jack Haley, black & white, approx. 90 mins. The dramatic telling of a doomed airplane which loses all communication, through the eyes of those loved ones left on land. Keaton plays a nice supporting role as chief of the airport ground crew, bouncing his dry comedy off the airline owner's severity. | $9.95 | |
| BK-BM |  | Buster Keaton in "Boom in the Moon" (DVD) (1946-Mexico) Directed by Jaime Salvador. Costarring Angel Garasa, Virginia Serret, Fernando Soto, Luis Barreiro, talkie (dubbed in English), Black & White, approx. 83 mins. Another of Keaton's rarely seen international feature films! Poor Buster plays a U.S. WWII soldier shipwrecked in Mexico, who is mistaken for a modern-day criminal - Bluebeard. In this wacky comedy of lunar lunacy, "The Great Stoneface" gets volunteered for a daffy professor's moon launch. Their Moonman outfits are ala The Beatles in 'Magical Mystery Tour'. | $9.95 | |
| BK-AOSC |  | Buster Keaton in "An Old Spanish Custom" (DVD) , aka, 'The Invader'(1936-England) Costarring Lupita Tovar, Esme Percy, Lyn Harding, Hilsa Moreno, talkie, B&W, approx. 61 mins. Buster is a rich yachtsman who visits foreign countries in search of adventure and love - in this case - a pretty senorita who is two-timing her possessive cafe boss and bull-fighting lovers. Starry-eyed Buster is the perfect patsy for their plot to get Buster killed & the jealous cantina owner sent to prison! See Keaton's pratfall serenade with ukulele to bass fiddle. | $9.95 | |
| BK-LA |  | Buster Keaton in "L'il Abner" (DVD) (1940) Costarring Al St. John, Eddie Gribbons, Chester Conklin, Lucien Littlefield, Edgar Kennedy, Hank Mann, Louise Keaton, B&W, approx. 78 mins. Al Capp's Comic Strip enacted by Sennett & Arbuckle Veterans Al Capp's hillbilly residents of Dogpatch come to life on the screen including Daisy Mae, Mammy & Pappy Yokum, Hairless Joe, Earthquake McGoon, Lonesome Polecat (Keaton), Cornelius Cornpone, Joe Smithpan, and more! | $9.95 | |
| BK-HF |  | Buster Keaton in "The Adventures of Huck Finn" (DVD) (1960) Costarring Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore, Andy Devine, Judy Canova, John Carradine, color, approx. 107 mins. In this vivid retelling of the American classic, a host of yesteryear stars bring it to cinematic life. Huck and Jim float up the river from one calamity to another. Their luck changes for a while when they join a circus. Andy Devine and Buster (the Lion-tamer) ply their hilarious comedic trade. | $9.95 | |
| 5P-YL |  | "This Is Your Life" - Five Pack (DVD) (1954-57) Ralph Edwards hosts four episodes: Mack Sennett, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy Mack Sennett (1954) A Keystone reunion pays tribute to the 'King of Comedy.' Harold Lloyd (1955) Family & friends honor the 'Third Comedy Genius.' Buster Keaton (1957) The career of the 'Great Stone Face' is warmly & hilariously recounted. Laurel & Hardy (1954) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are honored by family and friends. | $14.95 | |
| BK-SC |  | Buster Keaton in "The Scarecrow" (DVD) (1920) Starring Sybil Seeley & Joe Keaton, Silent, Black & White, approx. 20 mins - a Pristine Print. In this rarest of Keaton's early silent shorts, his flair for creative sight gags stands out. Buster and his friend live in a fantasy dream house where everything is automatic and convenient - Keaton's dig at the rage for modernization. But there's a problem - He and his friend are courting the farmer's daughter! Buster uses cunning to win her, but in the end dumb luck prevails. | $7.95 | |
| BK-ED1 |  | Buster Keaton - Educational Shorts - Vol. 1 (DVD) (1930s) talkie, Black & White, approx. 77 mins. Some of Buster's best and rarest work during his 'treadmill years.' This is a collection includes:  Grand Slam Opera (1936)Jail Bait (1937)One Run Elmer (1935)The Chemist (1936)
| $9.95 | |
| BK-ED2 |  | Buster Keaton - Educational Shorts - Vol. 2 (DVD) (1930s) talkie, Black & White, approx. 77 mins. Some of Buster's best and rarest work during his 'treadmill years.' This is a collection includes: Allez Oop (1934)Blue Blazes (1936)The E-Flat Man (1935)Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
| $9.95 | |
| BK-ED3 |  | Buster Keaton - Educational Shorts - Vol. 3 (DVD) (1930s) talkie, Black & White, approx. 80 mins. Some of Buster's best and rarest work during his 'treadmill years.' This is a collection includes: Hayseed Romance (1935)Mixed Magic (1936)Palooka from Paducah (1935)Tars and Stripes (1935)
| $9.95 | |
| BK-ED4 |  | Buster Keaton - Educational Shorts - Vol. 4 (DVD) (1930s) talkie, Black & White, approx. 80 mins. Some of Buster's best and rarest work during his 'treadmill years.' This is a collection includes: DittoThe Gold GhostThe Timid Young ManThree on a Limb
| $9.95 | |
| BK-C1 |  | Buster Keaton - Columbia Shorts - Vol. 1 (DVD) (1930s) talkie, Black & White, approx. 70 mins. Another series of the rarest of Keaton's later low-budget talkie shorts, including: Nothing But PleasureThe Taming of the SnoodPest From the West
| $9.95 | |
| BK-C2 |  | Buster Keaton - Columbia Shorts - Vol. 2 (DVD) (1930s) talkie, Black & White, approx. 70 mins. Another series of the rarest of Keaton's later low-budget talkie shorts, including: Pardon My Berth MarksShe's Oil Mine!The Spook Speaks | $9.95 | |
| BK-C3 |  | Buster Keaton - Columbia Shorts Plus - Vol.3 (DVD) (1930s,1950s) Another series of the rarest of Keaton's later low-budget talkie shorts & more, including: General NuisanceSo You Wont SquawkEd SulliVan Show SkitSimon Pure Beer (6 Classic Keaton Commercials)
| $9.95 | |
| BK-MA |  | The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (DVD) (1950-British) w/Eleanor Keaton, talkie, Black & White, approx. 60 mins. An hour-long Golden Age of British Television Special. Buster runs a sporting goods store and manages a local theater group on the side. He gives some hilarious golf lessons & sells a gun to a jealous husband. Buster and wife, Eleanor do a wacky Romeo & Juliet routine, plus lots more fun! | $9.95 | |
| BK-TV | | Buster Keaton on Television (DVD) (1950, 51-U.S.) quality picture & sound, talkies, black & white, approx. 53 mins. Some of Keaton's most amazing stunts & gags in two original Keaton Television episodes: Buster Keaton Show (1951) Buster works out in the gym and gets roped into a fight with a jealous boxer. Life With Buster (1950) Buster runs a sporting goods show & manages a local theater group (this is not the British version, 'Misadventures'). | $9.95 | |
| BK-YL |  | Buster Keaton - "This Is Your Life" (DVD) (1957) Costarring Ralph Edwards, black & white, approx. 30 mins. Ralph Edwards hosts a moving tribute to the 'Great Stone Face' of silent comedy at the 'El Capitan' theater. Comedic luminaries including Red Skelton, Donald O'Connor, and Louise Dresser are joined by Eleanor, Louise, & Harry Keaton and other friends to pay tribute. | $9.95 | |