BUSTER KEATON

[chaplinandkeaton]

Happy birthday, Buster Keaton

October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966

All my life, I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, “Look at the poor dope, will ya?”.

[et-sally]

Buster Keaton　(4 October 1895 – 1 February 1966)

[kitseaton]

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

[busterness]

Hullo, my darlin’ tumblr peeps!  I’m sooooo very sorry I haven’t been around as much as I’d like to lately, but helping to helm the Damfinos and promote Buster Keaton’s legacy takes a bunch of time, y’know?  As you’ve probably gathered, we’ve made a major find lately - an entire cache of lost photos and negatives taken behind the scenes of the making of The General in 1926.  

Y’know, tumblr, without you - this monumental silent film find would NOT have happened!  Once upon a time, a couple of us got together via tumblr and discovered that we had a shared interest - Buster Keaton. We got together and met in person. That simple post led to a life long friendship and a commitment to bring you all the undiscovered Buster info we could find! 

Here’s where it starts, folks.  Via tumblr, we found stuff.  You can too!!  Wanna know how?  Just ask!  BTW - I love all y’alls.  (I’m from Texas - and that’s how we say it).  —SB

[busterness]

Darlin, tumblr-ers:  we’ve just made an amazing discovery of photos and nitrate negatives of behind-the-scenes shots of Buster’s THE GENERAL.  The photos and negatives were taken by a local photog in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and have remained hidden for all these years until recently discovered.  Help us celebrate this amazing find, and learn how YOU, TOO can find lost silent-film treasures!  See https://www.facebook.com/BusterKeatonSociety?ref_type=bookmark

Luy y’all.  Srsly.  You can find this stuff, too!

[fortheloveofbuster]

If you would like to buy a pair of Pork Pie Hat earrings I have them for sale at https://www.etsy.com/listing/201214973/pork-pie-hat-dangle-earrings?

[obligeme]

[bustermylove]

Battling Butler (1926)

[littlehorrorshop]

Buster in The Saphead, 1920

[jasecarson-deactivated20160201]

"In the good Old Summertime" 1949

Judy Garland and Buster Keaton

[bustermylove]

Ad for Smirnoff Vodka (1957)

[monocoleporter-deactivated20161]

Buster and his sons, James and Robert.

[obligeme]

comedian Buster Keaton caught off guard by a photographer at the Santa Fe train station shortly after separating from Natalie 

[last-picture-show]

Buster Keaton

[deforest]

[theodorafitzgerald]

Buster Keaton in Good Night, Nurse! (1918)

[sophiemcpike]

Getting messy with ink #illustration #ink #busterkeaton