Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Episode One
Release Date: 1987-09-30Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
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Episode 2 - Episode Two
Release Date: 1987-10-07Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
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Episode 3 - Episode Three
Release Date: 1987-10-14The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.