Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
series not in production
Ended
Documentary
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 3
avg.Runtime | 53 min
First EP | 1987-09-30
Last EP | 1987-10-14
Overview
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A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Created by
Produced by
Thames Television
Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1987-09-30
1
Episode One
1987-09-30
Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
2
Episode Two
1987-10-07
Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
3
Episode Three
1987-10-14
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.
CAST
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Buster Keaton
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self - Narrator (voice)
Original: Lindsay Anderson
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Eleanor Keaton
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: James Karen
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: William Collier Jr.
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Viola Dana
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Marion Mack
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Charles Lamont
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: William R. Cox
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self
Original: Loyal T. Lucas
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Dean Riesner
Total EP: 3
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney