1987
7.6 (10 votes)
1 Seasons
Genres
Documentary
Networks
ITV1
Channel 4
Channel 4
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Overview
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Key Crew
Writer: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
Producer: David Gill, Kevin Brownlow
Director: David Gill, Kevin Brownlow
Top Cast
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage)
Lindsay Anderson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eleanor Keaton
Self
James Karen
William Collier Jr.
Viola Dana
Marion Mack
Charles Lamont
Self
Seasons
Season 1 (1987)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode One
1987-09-30Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
Runtime: 53 minEpisode 2: Episode Two
1987-10-07Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
Runtime: 53 minEpisode 3: Episode Three
1987-10-14The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.
Runtime: 52 min
