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Buster Keaton - Day Dreams (1922)

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Buster Keaton in College, 1927.

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An alternate take of The Saphead.

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The Boogie Monster- Gnarls Barkley // Psycho Killer - Talking Heads // Shopping for Blood - Franz Ferdinand // Halloween - Siouxsie And The Banshees // In the Room Where You Sleep- Dead Man’s Bones // I Put a Spell on You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins // That Black Bat Licorice - Jack White // Pet Sematary - The Ramones // Country Death Song - Violent Femmes // Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival // Always Something - Cage The Elephant // Boris the Spider - The Who // Mad Witch - Dave Gardner // People are Strange - The Doors

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It’s your birthday, Buster Keaton! And here’s all the ol’ art in one crazy long post! Wooo!

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Happy birthday Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton!

October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966

"Dr. Avedon said I could live to be a hundred years old. I intend to do it. For who would not wish to live a hundred years in a world where there are so many people who remember with gratitude and affection a little man with a frozen face who made them laugh a bit long years ago when they and I were both young?"

- Buster Keaton: My Wonderful World of Slapstick

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Happy Birthday Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton VI 4 October 1895 - 1 February 1966

"To answer a question which has been asked of me hundreds of times: Was Buster solemn and unsmiling as he always appeared in his films? NO! A thousand times no! I’ve never known anyone to laugh more than he did. In fact, when we were shooting, he spoiled many a scene by cracking up with laughter.” - Bartine Burkett, 1981

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The Cameraman (1928)

Once again, Keaton’s supposedly “emotionless exterior” is belied. Nothing could convey total dejection anymore effectivey than that descend into the sand.

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Buster Keaton in Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath (1931)

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963

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Home movie footage of Buster Keaton in Paris.

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The Cameraman (1928)

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This scene in 1944’s Bathing Beauty posed a difficult challenge for the filmmakers. The scene pits Red Skelton up against a vicious dog with no means of escape. The filmmakers could not come up with a successful resolution and were intent on scrapping the scene until Buster Keaton suggested an ingenius solution that proved both believable and comical.