This Day In Buster…May 27th 1926…
‘Seven Chances’, with the title ‘Le sette probabilità’, opens in Italy. Buster is pictured here with co-stars, Snitz Edwards & T Roy Barnes. Both were on the stage before their movie careers; Edwards on Broadway, Barnes a vaudevillian. Very sadly both men died in the same year, 1937.
This Day In Buster…May 26th 1926…
18 rail carloads of equipment arrive at Cottage Grove, Oregon from Los Angeles, to be used in Buster Keaton’s upcoming civil war film…
This is no bull…we have to admire the copy on this ad for ‘Go West’ in Moving Picture World. Most amoo-sing ;) As is the moo-vie itself, one of the must-watches in our ongoing #BusterBinge
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‘Go West’, 1925 is one of the most unique, yet heartwarming, tales of love & friendship that Hollywood has offered to date.
‘Brown Eyes’, the jersey cow devotes herself to her rescuer, ‘Friendless’ after rescuing him from an angry steer following him wherever he goes.
Buster Keaton ensured it by at first pulling her by a rope, then a cord, then a string & finally a cotton thread which couldn’t be seen by cameras.
If you’re following the #BusterBinge, make sure to watch & tell us your favorite scene of the moo-vie.
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You can see how close the vote came, but it was ‘The Navigator’ that sailed into victory, whilst ‘Seven Ages’ got the bum’s rush ;) Whichever way you look at it, Buster Keaton wins; bottoms up ol’ chap!
still image of actress Emmy Lynn from the 1917 French drama, The Torture of Silence (Mater Dolorosa) directed by Abel Gance
#FanArtFriday The #BusterKeatonChallenge coincides with the #BusterBinge this time round, with seven movie posters for ‘Seven Chances’, 1925. If you make fan art & want to take part, message @maco_pg or @caroloife on Instagram.
This Day In Buster…May 21st 1917…
Buster Keaton’s second movie appearance was actually in Roscoe Arbuckle’s ‘A Reckless Romeo’released on this day. He went uncredited, but looks like he was paid well ;)
#ThrowbackThursday SPLAT! Have some Buster Keaton in this 1920 ad from ‘Moving Picture World’
