Rent Buster Keaton: Go West / Hard Luck / The Scarecraw (1924)
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1h 50min
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Manic stunt work, elaborate sight gags and mind-boggling mechanical comedy are just some of Keaton's work featured in these movies. Known the world round as the 'Stone' face comedy actor, with charming moments of intimate humour flavoured with rich pathos, uniquely graceful and characteristically hilarious. 'That's Buster Keaton'
Go West (1924)
A fascinating alternative to the manic stunt work and eleborate sight gags that distinguish the film of Buster Keaton. Go west offers a rare and satisfying glimpse of his talent for more expressive comedy: charming of intimate humor flavoured with rich pathos.
Hard Luck (1921)Sight gags a galore, 'Hard Luck' (which Keaton named as his favourite short work) follows a suicidal Buster as he makes a final effort at fitting in with society at a swank country club.
The Scarecrow (1920)
One of Keaton's most mind-boggling mechanical comedies. 'The Scarecrow' follows two roommates vying for attention of a young Iady.- Actors:
- Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson, Virginia Fox, Brown Eyes, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Joe Keaton, Gus Leonard, Babe London, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana, Edward F. Cline, Luke the Dog, Sybil Seely, Al St. John
- Directors:
- Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
- Producers:
- Buster Keaton, Joseph M. Schenck
- Writers:
- Buster Keaton, Lex Neal, Raymond Cannon, Edward F. Cline
- Studio:
- Starlight
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Comedy
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on Go West. - Buster Keaton: Go West / Hard Luck / The Scarecraw review by Steve
Lesser Buster Keaton comedy which is true to his usual formula but lacks the sort of innovative concept that made Sherlock Jr. so special a year earlier. This time the Great Stoneface leaves the hustle of the big city to be a cowboy.
So there is a collection of visual gags out on the ranch. And it’s true that no-one could take a nosedive like Buster, but it’s still a man falling off a horse. The typical bashful romance is replaced by an attraction to… a cow! He really has no eyes for the farmer’s daughter (Kathleen Myers).
Which conveys a touch of the surreal. For the action finale the novice cowhand drives a herd of cattle through Los Angeles to market- to meet a contract and save the day. It looks like the crew went to a lot of trouble, but it’s not one of Keaton’s better set pieces.
Eventually he borrows from the Keystone Kops, which suggests a lack of inspiration. There is an impression that all of this could have been done well enough as a short. Still, even a minor Buster Keaton comedy is superior to most of his contemporaries.
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