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Buster Keaton Comedies est une société de production cinématographique américaine créée en 1922 par Buster Keaton et Joseph M. Schenck. Elle est intégrée à la société de production de Joseph M. Schenck et prend la suite de la Comique Film Corporation destinée à produire les comédies burlesques de l'acteur.
Filmography of Buster Keaton Comedies (15 films)
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
, 1h11Directed by Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Joe Keaton, Marion Byron, Tom McGuire
William "Steamboat Bill" Canfield is the owner and captain of a paddle steamer that has seen better days. He eagerly awaits the arrival of his college student son, whom he has not seen since the lad was a baby. Expecting a big, husky man like himself to help him compete with businessman John James King and his brand new, luxurious riverboat, he is sorely disappointed with his slight, awkward offspring, who shows up with a pencil moustache, a ukulele and a beret. He becomes outraged when he discovers that his son and King's daughter Kitty, also visiting her father, are in love. Both business rivals are determined to break up the relationship.
College (1927)
, 1h6Directed by James W. Horne, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards, Carl Harbaugh, Florence Turner
Set in Southern California, the movie opens with Ronald graduating high school as the school’s “most brilliant scholar”. At his graduation, Ronald speaks on “the Curse of the Athlete”, arguing that books are more important than athletics.
Battling Butler (1926)
Directed by Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Walter James, Snitz Edwards, Francis McDonald, Budd Fine
Alfred's father wants him to make a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does fall in love with a mountain girl. When her father and brothers laugh at this they are told that he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the championship fighter. From there on the masquerade must be maintained.
The General (1926)
, 1h34Directed by Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Boris Karloff, Glen Cavender, Joe Keaton, Frederick Vroom
Western & Atlantic Railroad train engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton) is in Marietta, Georgia to see one of the two loves of his life, his fiancee Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack)—the other being his locomotive, The General—when the American Civil War breaks out. He hurries to be first in line to sign up with the Confederate Army, but is rejected because he is too valuable in his present job; unfortunately, Johnnie is not told this reason and is forcibly ejected from the office when he tries to enlist surreptitiously. On leaving, he runs into Annabelle's father and brother, who beckon to him to join them in line, but he sadly walks away, giving them the impression that he does not want to enlist. Annabelle coldly informs Johnnie that she will not speak to him again until he is in uniform.
Seven Chances (1925)
, 1h12Directed by Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, Snitz Edwards, T. Roy Barnes, Jean Arthur, Frances Raymond
Jimmy Shannon (Buster Keaton) is the junior partner in the brokerage firm of Meekin and Shannon, which is on the brink of financial ruin. A lawyer (whom they dodged, mistakenly believing he was trying to add to their woes) finally manages to inform Jimmy of the terms of his grandfather's will. He will inherit seven million dollars if he is married by 7:00 p.m. on his 27th birthday, which happens to be that same day.
Go West (1925)
, 1h9Directed by Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Actors Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Joe Keaton, Gus Leonard, Babe London
A drifter identified only as "Friendless" (Keaton) sells the last of his possessions, keeping only a few trinkets and a picture of his mother. Unable to find a job in the city, he goes west and manages to get a job at a cattle ranch despite having no experience. Meanwhile, a neglected cow named Brown Eyes fails to give milk and is sent out to the field along with the other cattle.
The Navigator (1924)
, 59minutesDirected by Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton, Donald Crisp, Noble Johnson
Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
, 45minutesDirected by Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Transport films, Sherlock Holmes films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane, George Davis, Doris Deane
A movie theater projectionist and janitor (Buster Keaton) is in love with a beautiful girl (Kathryn McGuire). However, he has a rival, the "local sheik" (Ward Crane). Neither has much money. The projectionist buys a $1 box of chocolates, all he can afford, and changes the price to $4 before giving it and a ring to her. The sheik steals and pawns the girl's father's pocket watch for $4. With the money, he buys a $3 box of chocolates for the girl. When the father notices his watch is missing, the sheik slips the pawn ticket into the projectionist's pocket unnoticed. The projectionist, studying to be a detective, offers to solve the crime, but when the pawn ticket is found, is banished from the girl's home.
The Love Nest (1923)
, 20minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox
In order to escape from his life and his lost love, Keaton sets off on his small boat, Cupid, but runs into the whaling ship, The Love Nest. The whaler's merciless captain (Joe Roberts) throws crew members overboard for even the slightest offense.
Our Hospitality (1923)
, 1h14Directed by Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Monte Collins, Joe Keaton, Natalie Talmadge
The Canfield and McKay families have been feuding for so long, no one remembers the reason the feud started in the first place. One stormy night in 1810, after family patriarch John McKay falls victim to the feud, his wife decides her son Willie (the infant Buster Keaton Jr.) will not suffer the same fate. She moves to New York to live with her sister, who after the mother's death raises him without telling him of the feud.
The Balloonatic (1923)
, 22minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London, Edward F. Cline, Natalie Talmadge
A young man (Keaton) has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a hot air balloon for launch. The young man assists the group by climbing atop the balloon to afix a pennant, when the balloon mistakenly takes flight with no one aboard but the young man. The young man finally downs the balloon in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of misadventures.
Three Ages (1923)
, 1h3Directed by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Mafia films, La préhistoire, Gangster films
Actors Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts, Lillian Lawrence, Lionel Belmore
Three plots in three different historical periods—prehistoric times, ancient Rome, and modern times (the Roaring Twenties)—are intercut to prove the point that men's love for woman have not significantly changed throughout history. In all three plots, characters played by Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery compete for the attention of the same woman, played by Margaret Leahy. Each plot follows similar "arcs" in the story line in which Keaton's character works for his beloved's attention and eventually wins her over.
The Frozen North (1922)
, 17minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Freeman Wood
The film opens near the "last stop on the subway", a terminal in Alaska, which appears to be emerging from deep snow in the middle of nowhere. A tough-looking cowboy (Buster Keaton) emerges. He arrives at a small settlement, finding people gambling in a saloon. He tries to rob them by scaring them with the cutout of a poster of a man holding a gun, which he places at the window, as if it is he is an accomplice. He tells the gamblers to raise their hands in the air. Frightened, they hand over their cash, but soon they find out the truth when a drunk man falls over the cutout. Keaton is thrown out through the window.
The Electric House (1922)
, 22minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton
Keaton plays a botany student who is accidentally awarded an electrical engineering degree. He then attempts to wire a home using many gadgets. The man to whom the degree should have been awarded then exacts revenge by rewiring those gadgets to cause mayhem.
Day Dreams (1922)
, 19minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Edward F. Cline, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Lorsqu'un jeune homme sans le sou fait sa demande en mariage au père de l'élue de son cœur, il se fait renvoyer pour chercher de quoi lui assurer un avenir financier. S'il ne se fait pas une situation, il devra mettre fin à ses jours avec un pistolet prêté par le père pour l'occasion.