Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

1987 - 1987

Episode One

30th September 1987

Episode 1

Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.

Episode Two

7th October 1987

Episode 2

Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.

Episode Three

14th October 1987

Episode 3

The 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.

Top Cast

Buster Keaton•Lindsay Anderson•Eleanor Keaton

Director

David Gill

Writer

Kevin Brownlow

A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

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Buster Keaton Image

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage)

Lindsay Anderson Image

Lindsay Anderson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eleanor Keaton Image

Eleanor Keaton

Self

James Karen Image

James Karen

William Collier Jr. Image

William Collier Jr.

Viola Dana Image

Viola Dana

Marion Mack Image

Marion Mack

Charles Lamont Image

Charles Lamont

Self

William R. Cox

Loyal T. Lucas

Self

Dean Riesner Image

Dean Riesner

Full Crew

Kevin Brownlow Image

Kevin Brownlow

Writer

David Gill

Writer

Carl Davis Image

Carl Davis

Original Music Composer

David Gill

Producer

Kevin Brownlow Image

Kevin Brownlow

Producer

David Gill

Director

Kevin Brownlow Image

Kevin Brownlow

Director

Linda Phillips

Researcher

Cy Young

Researcher

Dan Carter

Editor

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