Movie Lovers Reviews Buster Keaton in "The General' (1926) Immortal
The True History that Inspired Buster Keaton's "The General". January 18, 2016. by Christina Kimble. Some people have two great loves- their wife and their car; their husband and their spa days; their guitar and their friends. For character Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton), who plays a train engineer in the 1926 film The General, love was.
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Western & Atlantic Railroad train engineer Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) arrives in Marietta, Georgia, and visits the home of Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), one.
The General (1926) Buster Keaton's physical comedy is as good as it
The General (complete & clearer) (1926) A great Buster Keaton silent movie. In 1862, after spies steal his locomotive, "The General", he wages a one-man battle to recover it. The copies previously uploaded here were either incomplete or too blurry.
Movie Lovers Reviews Buster Keaton in "The General' (1926) Immortal
Buster Keaton's masterpiece and one of the greatest silent movies of all time was filmed in the Cottage Grove area in the summer of 1926. The General is a Civil War tale, the fictionalized account of an attempted hijacking of a Confederate train called the General by Union spies in 1862. Buster Keaton, who produced and directed the film, plays Johnnie Gray, the engineer of the General, whose.
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The General: Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley. After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
The General Silent Comedy, Buster Keaton, Civil War Britannica
For all its humor, The General conveys the illusion of those photographs come alive. Keaton's best films function as a loving record of American town life, with its shops and picket fences and.
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Silent Hall of Fame has created a Silent Gems Collection of rare and for the first time available films with our stars, as well as other silent masterpieces..
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He seems like a modern visitor to the world of the silent clowns. Consider an opening sequence in "The General" (1927), his masterpiece about a Southern railway engineer who has "only two loves in his life" -- his locomotive and the beautiful Annabelle Lee. Early in the film, Keaton, dressed in his Sunday best, walks to his girl's house.
Movie Lovers Reviews Buster Keaton in "The General' (1926) Immortal
The press campaign for The General ironically leaned hard on its historical accuracy, promoting the fact that Keaton had cast real soldiers in the film and visited battle sites. When the movie arrived in Huntsville, Alabama, a local theater offered free admission to Confederate veterans. Although the movie was a critical disaster, Keaton would call The General one of his favorite films until.
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It is a grand achievement. The story of The General comes from a chapter of Civil War history, a true tale of Union spies who infiltrated the South, stole a passenger train in Georgia, and drove it north pursued by Southern conductors who eventually captured the raiders. According to Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, his reliable collaborator and gag man.
Buster Keaton in The General. 1926. r/OldSchoolCool
Andrew Pulver recommends Buster Keaton's 1926 silent action-comedy film, The General. Set during the American civil war, Keaton plays the engineer of a steam locomotive stolen by Union troops, who.
The General Silent Comedy, Buster Keaton, Civil War Britannica
The Western & Atlantic Flyer "speeds into Marietta, Georgia in the Spring of 1861," pulled by the locomotive "General." The engineer, Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) gets down to oil around, and is observed by two admiring boys. He has two loves: his engine and his girl. The two boys follow him when he goes to call on Annabelle (Marion Mack).
The General (1926) The Public Domain Review
The General. (1926 film) The General is a 1926 American silent slapstick Western action comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger.
THE GENERAL Buster Keaton Productions 1927 Movie Poster Stock Photo
Many critics consider THE GENERAL to be the last great comedy of the silent era, and it consistently ranks as one of the greatest comedies of all time on int.
Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL (4K Restoration) Official US Trailer
The General, American silent comedy film, released in 1927, starring and directed by comedian Buster Keaton, and cited by many film historians as one of the greatest American movies. It is set during the American Civil War (1861-65) and highlights the theme of personal redemption. Scene from The General (1927), directed by Buster Keaton.
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Thu 23 Jan 2014 18.20 EST. T he pioneering genius of Buster Keaton's 1926 silent film The General - now on rerelease - looks even more startling than ever. With his athleticism, precision and.