Amazing cast! Not just Buster, ZaSu and Joe E. Brown...but also Jack Elam, Evelyn Ankers, Jack Kruschen, Percy Helton and Charles Horvath (all doing great physical comedy with Buster.) And Bob Hope! And directed by George Marshall, who cowrote with Barbara Avedon (Hammer). ! Wonderful, and prophetic: Just four years later, Buster got his honorary Oscar.
Buster Keaton could do more with a simple gesture than any actor could do with ten lines. It's a shame that at that time, he was largely forgotten, mainly due to people thinking that he couldn't act--he most certainly could--or do dialogue, which he could also handle well. Bad business decisions and alcoholism ruined him for a long time, but he came back and showed a younger generation what he could do. You want great physical comedy in his later years? One of the last films he ever did was for the NFB in Canada, The Railrodder, made in 1965. Virtually a one-man show, it was amazing how he could do so much with very few props. For me, of all the silent comedians, he stands alone, better than Chaplin, Lloyd, or Langdon.
The wonderful thing is this sort of reflects Busters true story, but from lovely Eleanor on, his work on tv and as gag writer and bit player reimbursed him from his dark days!
The lady is wearing a porkpie hat! (They were originally for women, but decorated like hers, not plain like Buster's, and worn tilted on the back of the head, not flat across the crown like Buster wore his.)
WOW!!!! buster keaton, joe E.brown and ol' ski nose bob hope in this episode. although buster and bob don't ever appear together. and imagine four years later , hope would personally award the great stone face with his own and long deserved honorary oscar himself. how about that!!!???.
What a wonderful re-discovery. It looks like a pilot for an unsold TV series that was never broadcast. It might have been made a for the Dumont Network that went out of business that same year. You have to put yourself into the mindset of an earlier, more innocent time, to appreciate this little film. It's not fair to judge it from a more-jaded modern-day context. This was how TV shows commonly were like in those pioneering TV days. And it's pretty obvious that the film was warped pretty badly as it sat untouched for 65 + years in less-than-ideal storage conditions. Somebody has skillfully (and lovingly) digitally-optically compensated for the warping by steading the image around the faces of the film's characters, at the expense of the sets now bizarrely warping AROUND the characters on some occasions. It's kinda-sorta a cool effect on its own that could be used in a more surreal modern-day film, but in this historical context, you need to ignore it as best you can. MUCH THANX !!! to whoever found and restored this little gem of TV and film history !!
Thanks for posting this long lost movie! I enjoyed seeing all of the actors I remember from my youth! Buster, Joe E. Brown Jack Elam, Bob Hope and Zasu Pits! I even bought Zasu's book on candy making! And Evelyn Ankers! The Queen of B-movies! This was a fun movie!
Zasu Pitts! She was in dozens of films in the 30s. I guess everyone in this film needed the money . I was born the year this was made...My how far we've come.
I believe I saw Snub Pollard in that window of the burning building for a few moments before the actress appears in it. A very tragic bit part for him not to receive credit for given the subject matter. He was terrific in Buster Keaton's day.
Buster was 60 when this was filmed. His physicality at that age is amazing.
Knowing what I know about his life, this movie made me cry.
Seeing thid great clip, made me cry too.... With joy!
Ditto. I wish this was real life.
Amazing cast! Not just Buster, ZaSu and Joe E. Brown...but also Jack Elam, Evelyn Ankers, Jack Kruschen, Percy Helton and Charles Horvath (all doing great physical comedy with Buster.) And Bob Hope! And directed by George Marshall, who cowrote with Barbara Avedon (Hammer).
! Wonderful, and prophetic: Just four years later, Buster got his honorary Oscar.
R i p buster we surly miss you 😢😢😢
Buster Keaton could do more with a simple gesture than any actor could do with ten lines. It's a shame that at that time, he was largely forgotten, mainly due to people thinking that he couldn't act--he most certainly could--or do dialogue, which he could also handle well. Bad business decisions and alcoholism ruined him for a long time, but he came back and showed a younger generation what he could do.
You want great physical comedy in his later years? One of the last films he ever did was for the NFB in Canada, The Railrodder, made in 1965. Virtually a one-man show, it was amazing how he could do so much with very few props. For me, of all the silent comedians, he stands alone, better than Chaplin, Lloyd, or Langdon.
This is corny, but Buster Keaton is a legend and the only hi-lite of this whole thing.
The wonderful thing is this sort of reflects Busters true story, but from lovely Eleanor on, his work on tv and as gag writer and bit player reimbursed him from his dark days!
Great stars Buster is amazing
Two absolute greats Buster Keaton and Joe E Brown
Wonderful ~ at any age Buster was just pure class ~ I ♥the man
what a treasure. simple and entertaining.....
The studio did Buster wrong they took his rights away to do his movies his way.
"The biggest mistake of my life." Buster on joining MGM.
The lady is wearing a porkpie hat! (They were originally for women, but decorated like hers, not plain like Buster's, and worn tilted on the back of the head, not flat across the crown like Buster wore his.)
WOW!!!! buster keaton, joe E.brown and ol' ski nose bob hope in this episode. although buster and bob don't ever appear together. and imagine four years later , hope would personally award the great stone face with his own and long deserved honorary oscar himself. how about that!!!???.
and a young jack elam
What a wonderful re-discovery. It looks like a pilot for an unsold TV series that was never broadcast. It might have been made a for the Dumont Network that went out of business that same year. You have to put yourself into the mindset of an earlier, more innocent time, to appreciate this little film. It's not fair to judge it from a more-jaded modern-day context. This was how TV shows commonly were like in those pioneering TV days.
And it's pretty obvious that the film was warped pretty badly as it sat untouched for 65 + years in less-than-ideal storage conditions. Somebody has skillfully (and lovingly) digitally-optically compensated for the warping by steading the image around the faces of the film's characters, at the expense of the sets now bizarrely warping AROUND the characters on some occasions. It's kinda-sorta a cool effect on its own that could be used in a more surreal modern-day film, but in this historical context, you need to ignore it as best you can.
MUCH THANX !!! to whoever found and restored this little gem of TV and film history !!
Actually, it was produced for "SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE" [NBC, December 21, 1955].
I guess it's pretty off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream newly released series online?
@Skylar Boston I use flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
@Ronin Graysen Yea, been using flixzone for months myself :D
@Ronin Graysen thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service :) I appreciate it !!
I love every Keaton sir movie.
I've never seen Jack Elam dressed so well!
Thanks for posting this long lost movie! I enjoyed seeing all of the actors I remember from my youth! Buster, Joe E. Brown Jack Elam, Bob Hope and Zasu Pits! I even bought Zasu's book on candy making! And Evelyn Ankers! The Queen of B-movies! This was a fun movie!
When Jack Elam appeared I almost thought I heard him say: 'Well, looks like we're shy one horse.'
That was great. Thanks for sharing.
Buster Keaton... Jack Elam... and others... RİP
So much classe
I grew up watching Joe E Brown movies.
“Hey! You owe me fifteen cents!!!” 🤣🤣🤣
Wow... Jack Elam as the ham stage actor in the flash-back sequence...
Thank you very, very much for uploading this!
Cute
and Amazing he does the stunts!
Zasu Pitts! She was in dozens of films in the 30s. I guess everyone in this film needed the money . I was born the year this was made...My how far we've come.
She soon became Gale Storm's co-star on her TV series, "THE GALE STORM SHOW" {"OH, SUSANNA"} (1956-'60)- also filmed at Hal Roach Studios.
Let's not forget that she was also a silent film star in her own right.
do you need money these days? I sure do.....
I believe I saw Snub Pollard in that window of the burning building for a few moments before the actress appears in it. A very tragic bit part for him not to receive credit for given the subject matter. He was terrific in Buster Keaton's day.
Snub Pollard with the smoke pot...Heinie Conklin as the old west bartender...
loved it!!
Anyone notice the background going wobbly?
Well worth it! Like the fedora.
Film de keaton etonnant a decouvrir
👍😀
Don’t download with the setting on stabilize.
1:41 what is the name of the actor playing the bar tender?
Bob Hope never did win the Oscar.
Thanks for the upload but, whew! what a stinker. I couldn't make it all the way through....poor Buster.
I liked it! They ruined it by turning the stabilizer on!
Por Favor dublar algum.
😜😜😜😜
Mr. Shanks- Jack Elam, right?