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The Great Stone Face Breaks His Silence!
“The Buster Keaton Anniversary Collection”
10 Short Films Starring
One of the Greatest Comic Actors of All Time
Two-Disc Set Available on DVD March 7, 2006!
Culver City, CA (January 3, 2006) – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Buster Keaton Collection, a two-disc set containing 10 short films starring the incomparable Buster Keaton, on March 3, 2006. The set includes all-new commentary, a 30-minute documentary and a reproduction of an original, annotated script from one of the shorts, with a foreword from Buster Keaton’s granddaughter. Known affectionately as the “Great Stone Face,” Keaton enjoyed a career that began in Hollywood’s Golden Age and continued until his death in 1965. With his relentlessly deadpan expression, Keaton garnered big laughs early in his career and made a name for himself in such highly regarded films as Sherlock, Jr. and The General. Working almost constantly, Keaton had a rebirth of popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s and enjoyed featured roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sunset Boulevard and Around the World in Eighty Days. Spanning his middle period, The Buster Keaton Collection offers a selection of shorts from the 1930s and ‘40s and is priced at $24.96 SLP.
Keaton was a major star in Hollywood, working with such legends as Fatty Arbuckle, Jack Benny, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and while he made a name for himself in silent films, he was one of the few early stars to make the successful transition to the “talkies.” Working throughout the 1930s and ‘40s, he starred in a number of acclaimed short comedies which are represented in The Buster Keaton Collection. In 1960, Buster Keaton was presented with an honorary Academy Awardâ in recognition of his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the silver screen.
The Buster Keaton Collection features classic Keaton in “Mooching Through Georgia,” “General Nuisance” and eight other hilarious shorts. In addition to the shorts, the collection contains an all-new 30-minute featurette on Keaton as well as commentaries for several of the films, and a reproduction of an original, annotated script from one of the shorts, with a foreword from Buster Keaton’s granddaughter.
Synopses
GENERAL NUISANCE (1941)
Buster, as an eccentric millionaire's son, encounters two young army nurses. He decides to join the army and attracts their attention in a variety of ways.
HIS EX MARKS THE SPOT (1940)
Buster devises a novel solution to paying alimony by allowing his obnoxious ex-wife (Elsie Ames) and her even more obnoxious boyfriend (Matt McHugh) move in with him and his second wife (Dorothy Appleby).
MOOCHING THROUGH GEORGIA (1939)
A man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
NOTHING BUT PLEASURE (1940)
Keaton and wife (Dorothy Appleby) combine a car-buying spree in Detroit with what they assume will be a pleasant drive home that naturally turns into a nightmare.
PARDON MY BERTH MARKS (1940)
Whether in the newsroom or on board a speeding train, aspiring reporter Buster Keaton is determined to get his story and end up on the front page.
PEST FROM THE WEST (1939)
A millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.
SO YOU WON'T SQUAWK (1941)
Keaton works as a clerk in a nightclub run by a mobster who defies the syndicate and ends up landing Buster in hot water.
THE TAMING OF THE SNOOD (1940)
Buster stars in this comedy about the capture of a jewel thief. “The Taming of the Snood” marked the Keaton series debut of Elsie Ames, an eccentric dancer who was being groomed for stardom.
THE SPOOK SPEAKS (1940)
A famous magician has perfected a host of new illusions and tricks. Leaving on vacation, he is aware that his secrets may be stolen and so he hires Buster and Elsie as caretakers.
SHE'S OIL MINE (1941)
Elsie, an oil heiress being wooed by a phony foreign nobleman, takes refuge in a plumbing shop where Buster hides her. Eventually, Buster ends up in a duel with the nobleman, but as the duelists step off their paces, a hunter fires a shot and the nobleman and his entourage flee.
PRODUCT SPECS
Not Rated
DVD Order Date: 2/2/06
DVD Catalog # 12137
Running Time: 200 minutes
SLP: DVD, $24.96
“The Buster Keaton Anniversary Collection”
10 Short Films Starring
One of the Greatest Comic Actors of All Time
Two-Disc Set Available on DVD March 7, 2006!
Culver City, CA (January 3, 2006) – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Buster Keaton Collection, a two-disc set containing 10 short films starring the incomparable Buster Keaton, on March 3, 2006. The set includes all-new commentary, a 30-minute documentary and a reproduction of an original, annotated script from one of the shorts, with a foreword from Buster Keaton’s granddaughter. Known affectionately as the “Great Stone Face,” Keaton enjoyed a career that began in Hollywood’s Golden Age and continued until his death in 1965. With his relentlessly deadpan expression, Keaton garnered big laughs early in his career and made a name for himself in such highly regarded films as Sherlock, Jr. and The General. Working almost constantly, Keaton had a rebirth of popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s and enjoyed featured roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sunset Boulevard and Around the World in Eighty Days. Spanning his middle period, The Buster Keaton Collection offers a selection of shorts from the 1930s and ‘40s and is priced at $24.96 SLP.
Keaton was a major star in Hollywood, working with such legends as Fatty Arbuckle, Jack Benny, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and while he made a name for himself in silent films, he was one of the few early stars to make the successful transition to the “talkies.” Working throughout the 1930s and ‘40s, he starred in a number of acclaimed short comedies which are represented in The Buster Keaton Collection. In 1960, Buster Keaton was presented with an honorary Academy Awardâ in recognition of his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the silver screen.
The Buster Keaton Collection features classic Keaton in “Mooching Through Georgia,” “General Nuisance” and eight other hilarious shorts. In addition to the shorts, the collection contains an all-new 30-minute featurette on Keaton as well as commentaries for several of the films, and a reproduction of an original, annotated script from one of the shorts, with a foreword from Buster Keaton’s granddaughter.
Synopses
GENERAL NUISANCE (1941)
Buster, as an eccentric millionaire's son, encounters two young army nurses. He decides to join the army and attracts their attention in a variety of ways.
HIS EX MARKS THE SPOT (1940)
Buster devises a novel solution to paying alimony by allowing his obnoxious ex-wife (Elsie Ames) and her even more obnoxious boyfriend (Matt McHugh) move in with him and his second wife (Dorothy Appleby).
MOOCHING THROUGH GEORGIA (1939)
A man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
NOTHING BUT PLEASURE (1940)
Keaton and wife (Dorothy Appleby) combine a car-buying spree in Detroit with what they assume will be a pleasant drive home that naturally turns into a nightmare.
PARDON MY BERTH MARKS (1940)
Whether in the newsroom or on board a speeding train, aspiring reporter Buster Keaton is determined to get his story and end up on the front page.
PEST FROM THE WEST (1939)
A millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.
SO YOU WON'T SQUAWK (1941)
Keaton works as a clerk in a nightclub run by a mobster who defies the syndicate and ends up landing Buster in hot water.
THE TAMING OF THE SNOOD (1940)
Buster stars in this comedy about the capture of a jewel thief. “The Taming of the Snood” marked the Keaton series debut of Elsie Ames, an eccentric dancer who was being groomed for stardom.
THE SPOOK SPEAKS (1940)
A famous magician has perfected a host of new illusions and tricks. Leaving on vacation, he is aware that his secrets may be stolen and so he hires Buster and Elsie as caretakers.
SHE'S OIL MINE (1941)
Elsie, an oil heiress being wooed by a phony foreign nobleman, takes refuge in a plumbing shop where Buster hides her. Eventually, Buster ends up in a duel with the nobleman, but as the duelists step off their paces, a hunter fires a shot and the nobleman and his entourage flee.
PRODUCT SPECS
Not Rated
DVD Order Date: 2/2/06
DVD Catalog # 12137
Running Time: 200 minutes
SLP: DVD, $24.96
