Buster Keaton

A comedian does funny things. A great comedian does things funny. --Buster Keaton

[thefyuzhe]

Buster Keaton turned 10 today!

[thefyuzhe]

Buster Keaton turned 10 today!

[thefyuzhe]

Buster Keaton turned 10 today!

[thefyuzhe]

Long hair appreciation.

Buster Keaton - The General (1926)

[davidhudson]

[kathgelia]

Tell me whether you're as crazy as you seem.

[ennaih]

Bustober | Day 7: clown

[kathgelia]

too cute for his own good Buster Keaton in The Saphead (1920)

[kathgelia]

Buster Keaton + more and more letterboxd reviews

(insp.)

[kathgelia]

BUSTER KEATON in THE CAMERAMAN (1928)

[busterkeatonsociety]

#ThrowbackThursday Loew’s were lobbying for Buster Keaton’s success in features & their own in takings by going all out in their lobby to advertise “Three Ages,” 1923.

[kathgelia]

Buster so-much-for-The-Great-Stone-Face Keaton in Three Ages (1923)

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

So a while back I won a cheap eBay auction listing for a collection of love letters from the first world war.

They arrived today, and...the listing was WAY more than I expected for the price I won it for. There's over 100, and they're not just from WWI, but from 1906 (earliest I've found so far) through to 1915.

Charlie writes to his girlfriend, Gertrude. This is the most beautiful, lovesick stuff I've ever read. He sends her so many letters, sometimes twice a day, and lots of poems. He seems to have been an artist, as he talks a lot about small exhibitions of his stuff, and included a flyer for one. He also talks about how her parents don't approve of them and how he's desperately awaiting the day they'll be married.

I haven't found the latest of the letters, but the fact it's up until 1915 and then stops...doesn't give me hope for a happy ending.

This man continuously refers to his precious beloved Gertie as his queen and goddess, and whilst most of it is sickly sweet, there's some raunchy stuff too, with him talking about how he can't wait until they have a little house together and can 'please each other all day'...

There's. So many.

I'm going to put them in order by date, read them through, and then maybe even transcribe them so we can find out a bit about Charlie and Gertie's love story.

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

This man was absolutely lost in the sauce

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

Y'all he writes about sending her pressed poppies and postcards for her collection 😭😭😭

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

111 years after Charlie got his dick touched in 1910, I decided to tell you all about it. Sorry Charlie.

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

Some more finds:

And some CODE!!!

Also all this is poems:

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

UHHHHH...👀👀👀

[enjoloras-deactivated20220821]

This has a lot of notes so I need everyone to know:

They got married 😭😭😭❤ (thank you to @lovesjustachemical for finding this!!!)

[bookshoplaura]

I'm so used to Tumblr being so US centric that that Hornchurch,Essex line slapped me in the face. I was born 3 miles north of that...

[thesaltofcarthage]

It’s My Dear Bessie all over again!

[sar-kalu]

This is incredibly beautiful and uplifting.

[thefyuzhe]

Real life tumblr trumping romance cinema!

[kathgelia]

BUSTER KEATON + ANIMALS

(idea by @iskanderthebi ✨)

[busterkeatonsociety]

This Day in Buster…October 7, 1923

The Spokesman-Review reports that Buster Keaton grew his hair into a bob for his caveman role in “Three Ages.” Bet you thought it was a wig, didn’t you? Well…it probably is ;)

[kathgelia]

🌸 Buster Keaton + Flower Meanings (1/2)🌸

(idea by @silencervalkyrie✨)

[kathgelia]

🌸 Buster Keaton + Flower Meanings (2/2)🌸

(idea by @silencervalkyrie✨)