#elgin lessley

[mariwatchesmovies]

The Cameraman (1928) dir. Edward Sedgwick & Buster Keaton cine. Reggie Lanning & Elgin Lessley

[busterkeatonsociety]

This Day in Buster…February 26, 1925

Buster Keaton’s crew got that sinking feeling on the set of “The Navigator” if this story printed in the Central City Nonpareil is to be believed.  Pictured is the crew filming “The High Sign” on what we assume was a much safer vessel!

[screamscenepodcast]

This month's horror adjacent film was chosen from a selection of shorts, and our patrons selected Buster Keaton's THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921, Cline)! Joseph "Buster" Keaton stars in this two-reel silent comedy, and we outline his long and illustrious career.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 38:14; Discussion 40:09

[manuxmon]

Sherlock Jr. (1924) 
DoP: Elgin Lessley & Byron Houck 
Dir: Buster Keaton

[thefyuzhe]

Reggie Lanning and Elgin Lessley during the filming of The Cameraman (1928)

[busterkeatonsociety]

#WIPWednesday Buster Keaton & crew filming ‘The High Sign’ off Venice Beach.  The first independent short he filmed, it was not the first released as Buster didn’t consider it a strong enough starter.  Thankfully, the next, ‘One Week’, was & after he later broke an ankle during filming ‘The Electric House’, we got to see ‘The High Sign’ which was released whilst Buster recuperated.

[busterkeatonsociety]

This Day In Buster…October 6th 1921…

‘The Playhouse’ is released.  This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show ;) Multiple Buster’s were achieved by filming multiple times with the same piece of film but with different parts of the lens taped off & an awful lot of precision from cameraman, Elgin Lessley!

[bustrkeatn]

"I sometimes wonder if the world will ever seem as carefree and exciting a place as it did to us in Hollywood during 1919 and the early twenties. We were all young, the air in southern California was like wine. Our business was also young and growing like nothing ever seen."

-Buster Keaton