Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked . Keaton had a short-lived second marriage with Mae Elizabeth Scriven, a nurse, hairstylist and playwright. None of them were very good. He made a series of two-reel comedies, including One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), and The Electric House (1922). CAMERA MAN Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, . Username and password are case sensitive. [32], Aside from Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), Keaton's most enduring feature-length films include Our Hospitality (1923), The Navigator (1924), Sherlock Jr. (1924), Seven Chances (1925), The Cameraman (1928), and The General (1926). [25], Keaton served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France with the United States Army's 40th Infantry Division during World War I. Then, the facade of a two-story building toppled forward on top of Keaton. [69] Other favorite targets were cinematic plots, structures and devices. "[77] Critic Anthony Lane also noted Keaton's body language: The traditional Buster stance requires that he remain upstanding, full of backbone, looking ahead [in The General] he clambers onto the roof of his locomotive and leans gently forward to scan the terrain, with the breeze in his hair and adventure zipping toward him around the next bend. Myra played the saxophone to one side, while Joe and Keaton performed center stage. Battling Butler (1926), a boxing movie, was a commercial success. In a British television documentary about his career, his widow Eleanor told producers from Thames Television that Keaton was up out of bed and moving around, and even played cards with friends who came to visit the day before he died. His marriage to actress Natalie Talmadge, with whom he had two sons, fell apart, and he became plagued with issues related to alcoholism and depression. By the time he left the act to star in motion pictures with Fatty Arbuckle at age 22, he had already been doing slapstick comedy for over 86% of his life. After her step-grandmother Eleanor died in 1998, Cox became the family's Goodwill Ambassador on behalf of her Grandpa Buster. The most famous was legendary silent film star, Buster Keaton. Most of these 16 films are simple visual comedies, with many of the gags supplied by Keaton himself, often recycling ideas from his family vaudeville act and his earlier films. Neibaur, James L. and Terri Niemi (2013). A drastic shift for silent film icon Charlie Chaplin, A Woman of Paris exchanged slapstick comedy for romantic drama and was the first of only . [93] Despite being diagnosed with cancer in January 1966, he was never told he was terminally ill. Keaton thought that he was recovering from a severe case of bronchitis. Adding to his mystique was a background on the vaudeville stage with all its tricks and sleight of hand. In 1928 film executive Nicholas Schenck arranged a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for Keaton's services. Production head Irving Thalberg would not permit Keaton to create a script from scratch because the studio had already purchased a stage property, Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath, at the suggestion of Lawrence Weingarten, who was Thalberg's brother-in-law and Keaton's producer. He is the first action hero; to be precise, he is a small, pale-faced American who is startled, tripped, drenched and inspired into becoming a hero. Keaton became the new head of the company, which was owned by Joseph Schenck (who later became Keaton's brother in law). I do all that but I do a lot more with my three-year-old grandson. Keaton and Arbuckle became close friends, and Keaton was one of few people, along with Charlie Chaplin, to defend Arbuckle's character during accusations that he was responsible for the death of actress Virginia Rappe. This equilibrium came into play with The Playhouse (1921), which he also wrote and directed with Cline. [106], Comedian Richard Lewis stated that Keaton was his prime inspiration, and spoke of having a close friendship with Keaton's widow Eleanor. Buster Keaton and Ernest . He was handed a script titled Sidewalks of New York (1932), in which he played a millionaire becoming involved with a slum-neighborhood girl and a gang of rowdy kids. Buster Keaton Remembered. He recovered in the 1940s, remarried, and revived his career as an honored comic performer for the rest of his life, earning an Academy Honorary Award in 1959. The festival began in 1993 and grew to international recognition. Caryn James wrote in The New York Times, "Keaton's television appearances are warm and enduring. One of the best of this era was Grand Slam Opera. With the exception of Seeing Stars, a minor publicity film produced in 1922, Limelight was the only time in which the two would ever appear together on film. From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis--a major biography, the first in more than two decades, of the legendary comedian and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to the highest of arts and whose ingenious films remain as startling, innovative, modern--and irresistible--today as they . "It was as long as War and Peace," Keaton recalled. By 1923, Keaton was making full-length features. He had a cameo as Jimmy, appearing near the end of the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Harry Keaton Jr., nephew of Buster Keaton, talks about how famiy members have reunited at various Keaton festivals during a panel discussion featuring Keaton family members in person and appearing virtually on a screen. [69] When Keaton transposed his experience in vaudeville to film, in many works he parodied melodramas. Sherlock Jr. will be Keaton's most enduring commentary on the art of cinema. Keaton thought the premise was totally unsuitable, and was uncomfortable with his directors Jules White and Zion Myers, who emphasized blunt slapstick. Buster had broken up his family's vaudeville act, "The Three Keatons", at the age of 21, when his father's drinking made their rough-and-tumble act too difficult and dangerous. Keaton, Eleanor and Jeffrey Vance. His father was Joseph Hallie "Joe" Keaton, a native of Vigo County, Indiana. Working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Cline, Keaton made a series of successful two-reel comedies in the early 1920s, including One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), and The Electric House (1922). At the end of the day, he asked to borrow one of the cameras to get a feel for how it worked. Reaction was strong enough for a local Los Angeles station to offer Keaton his own show, also broadcast live, in 1950. Like Arbuckle before him, Keaton began directing films that he appeared in. In Go West (1925), he is stared down by a herd of cattle. Still, he continued to find new situations in which to put his long-suffering face. Joseph Talmadge Keaton was the first son born to comic actor Buster Keaton and his wife, actress Natalie Talmadge; he was also a nephew of silent screen actresses Norma and Constance Talmadge. Maltin, Leonard, The Great Movie Comedians, Bell Publishing, 1978, Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow, Chap. His career declined when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and lost his artistic independence. Keaton also directed three one-reel novelty shorts for the studio, but these did not result in further directorial assignments. [53] Keaton also found steady work as an actor in TV commercials for Colgate, Alka-Seltzer, U.S. Steel, 7-Up, RCA Victor, Phillips 66, Milky Way, Ford Motors, Minute Rub, and Budweiser, among others. He ran to meet misfortune and never failed to make connections. Rerun it on video, and you can see Buster riding the collapse like a surfer, hanging onto the steering wheel, coming beautifully to rest as the wave of wreckage breaks. In 1934, with his MGM contract now terminated, Keaton filed for bankruptcy. Buster Keaton, original name Joseph Frank Keaton IV, (born October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas, U.S.died February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, California), American film comedian and director, the "Great Stone Face" of the silent screen, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. In 1914, he told the Detroit News: "The secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. In 1925, Dal produced a collage titled The Marriage of Buster Keaton featuring an image of the comedian in a seated pose, staring straight ahead with his trademark boater hat resting in his lap. Keaton was a seminal comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, and director that shaped the industry for years to come, even though the industry stole the creative control that made his early films so valuable. Their son began appearing on stage with them as early as nine months of age. In 1926, audiences were amazed by the daredevil antics of comedian Buster Keaton in the movie "The General . New York: St. Martin's Press. Orson Welles interview, from the Kino November 10, 2009 Blu-Ray edition of The General. [42] MGM refused, because the film was more valuable in silent form; it could be shown around the world in theaters that had not converted to sound. Keaton, Eleanor, and Vance, Jeffrey (2001). TCM voice-over, October 2011, "Buster Keaton Month". Several factors, other than the loss of creative control, contributed to Keaton's downward spiral in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Keaton also appeared in a comedy routine about two inept stage musicians in Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (released in 1952), recalling the vaudeville of The Playhouse. [105], Actor and stunt performer Johnny Knoxville cites Keaton as an inspiration when coming up with ideas for Jackass projects. Imitators of our act don't last long, because they can't stand the treatment. As usual, Keaton performed all of his own stunts. 33. Buster Keaton and Marceline Day in The Cameraman, 1928. Fairbanks recommended Keaton to take the role[citation needed] for the remake five years later, since the film was to have a comic slant. His final appearance on film was in The Scribe, a 1966 safety film produced in Toronto by the Construction Safety Associations of Ontario: he died shortly after completing it. In 1920, Arbuckle left Comique Films for Paramount. Keaton's daring was unquestionable; his famous $42,000 train wreck in The General almost $650,000 in today's dollarsis the most expensive shot in silent film history. [37], Keaton's last three features had been produced and released independently, under Keaton's control, and fell short of financial expectations at the box office. It soon. He was born Joseph Frank Keaton on October 4, 1895, in Piqua, Kansas, the eldest of three children, including a younger brother and sister, born to two vaudevillians, Joseph Hallie Keaton and Myra Cutler. Joseph Frank Keaton IV was born October 4, 1895, in Piqua, Kansas. After the company shut its doors in 1937, Keaton was re-signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but only as a gagman. Her sister, Norma Talmadge, was married to Joseph Schenck, owner of Comique Films the company that Keaton managed. Keaton's last commercial film appearance was in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), which was filmed in Spain in SeptemberNovember 1965. In the first Keaton pictures with sound, he and his fellow actors would shoot each scene three times: once in English, once in Spanish, and once in either French or German. Keaton's widow, Eleanor, attended for a couple of years. (Arbuckle was eventually acquitted, with an apology from the jury for the ordeal he underwent.[30]). His first was a parody of the famous D.W. Griffith film Intolerance (1916), entitled The Three Ages. Keaton's loss of independence as a filmmaker coincided with the coming of sound films (although he was interested in making the transition) and mounting personal problems, and his career in the early sound era was hurt as a result. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Vance, Jeffrey. Buster Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas, the small town where his mother, Myra Edith Cutler, happened to go into labor. Childhood & Early Life. By this time, Keaton had further developed his distinct signature style that consisted of lucidity and precision along with acrobatics of ballistic precision and kineticism. On February 14, 2007, James Talmadge (born Joseph Talmadge Keaton) passed away peacefully with his wife of 63 years, the love of his life, Barbara Talmadge, by his side. Prikryl, Jana (July 9, 2011), "The Genius of Buster". Keaton had two shows of his own, including The Buster Keaton Comedy Show (1949) and The Buster Keaton Show from 1950 until 1951. Confined to a hospital during his final days, Keaton was restless and paced the room endlessly, desiring to return home. These guys didn't realizethey still don't realizethat the best comedies are simple. After this failure, Schenck sold his contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where his son, Nicholas, just happened to be in charge. From left is Harry Keaton Jr.'s daughter, Lisa Geisler, and Keaton celebration committee chairman Frank Scheide. He made his last starring feature, El Moderno Barba Azul (1946), in Mexico; the film was a low-budget production, and it may not have been seen in the United States until its release on VHS in the 1980s, under the title Boom in the Moon. Life with Buster Keaton (1951) was an attempt to recreate the first series on film, allowing the program to be broadcast nationwide. The film version was released as "A Buster Keaton Production" in 1931. His mother nicknamed him Jimmy. Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life. 1. American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer, Born on October 04, 1895 Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. A century has passed since Buster Keaton entered the plum decade of his career. [38] But, given Schenck's desire to keep things "in the family" and Keaton's having to admit that his independent pictures hadn't done well, Keaton agreed to sign with MGM. Buster Keaton With Family Rare Candid 8x10 Photo. In 1949, comedian Ed Wynn invited Keaton to appear on his CBS Television comedy-variety show, The Ed Wynn Show, which was televised live on the West Coast. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Rapf, Joanna E. and Green, Gary L. (1995), This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 07:22. Husband of Eleanor Ruth Keaton The high point in the Educational series is Grand Slam Opera (1936), featuring Keaton in his own screenplay as an amateur-hour contestant. The only time he ever laughed on screen was in an Arbuckle movie, Fatty at Coney Island (1917). Kinescopes were made for distribution of the programs to other parts of the country, since there was no transcontinental coaxial cable until September 1951. Buster Keaton is an American actor, known in the world of cinema as "The Great Stone Face" The popularity of the artist at the peak of his career was comparable to the demand of Charlie Chaplin. He appeared on screen simultaneously nine times. 616: Ruth Carbaugh 201; Elaine Weigle 513. A great primer about the history of Buster Keaton b. Record information. Scriven claimed that she didn't know Keaton's real first name until after the marriage. [61][62][63][64][65], Meanwhile, Keaton's big-screen career continued. He was a student at Blackfox Military Academy and a graduate of Santa Monica High School. Throughout the story, a simple good-guys-versus-bad-guys schema is applied to the Civil War, with the Confederates being the good guys, and Johnnie's hometown of Marietta depicted as a sort of bland, folksy utopia. [80], On May 31, 1921, Keaton married Natalie Talmadge, his leading lady in Our Hospitality, and the sister of actresses Norma Talmadge (married to his business partner Joseph M. Schenck at the time) and Constance Talmadge, at Norma's home in Bayside, Queens. During his first meeting with Arbuckle, he was asked to jump in and start acting. During the railroad water-tank scene in Sherlock Jr., Keaton broke his neck when a torrent of water fell on him from a water tower, but he did not realize it until years afterwards. Yallop, David (1976). He took the camera back to his hotel room where he dismantled and reassembled it by morning. John Schneider, commander of the Toledo post, announced. Who are Buster Keaton grandchildren? Keaton had never paid much attention to the business side of the film industry, and he paid a hefty price. Melissa Talmadge Cox is the granddaughter of Buster Keaton and a long time resident of Cloverdale. That same year, he was put under contract by Educational Films and returned to making shorts. Keaton's art has inspired full academic study. Buster Keaton in a still from the 1927 film The General. Keaton suffered from several personal crises as well. I n the shadow of a massive dune known as Pigeon Hill. [23], The act ran up against laws banning child performers in vaudeville. Late in his career, Keaton made cameos in Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, Chaplin's Limelight, Samuel Beckett's Film and the Twilight Zone episode "Once Upon a Time". Keaton's writers included Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, and Jean Havez, but the most ingenious gags were generally conceived by Keaton himself. Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in The Balloonatic (1923) - publicity still. Though it would come to be regarded as Keaton's greatest achievement, the film received mixed reviews at the time. He was drafted by the United States Army in 1918, and served for over a year with the 40th Infantry in France. Actor: The General. As for The General, where do you start? He would return often. Keaton said he was lucky if he used only six hats in making a film. The Colony celebrate Joe Keaton's birthday with a parade through Bluffton. [107], In 2012, Kino Lorber released The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection, a 14-disc Blu-ray box set of Keaton's work, including 11 of his feature films.[108]. During this period, he made another film in England, The Invader (released in the United States as An Old Spanish Custom in 1936).[45]. He stated that he learned to read and write late, and was taught by his mother. It was based on a successful play, The New Henrietta, which had already been filmed once, under the title The Lamb, with Douglas Fairbanks playing the lead. That's how Buster Keaton got his name, and the world got the third brilliant member of its silent-screen Comedic Triumvirate: Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton. [74][75] Critic and film historian Imogen Sara Smith stated about Keaton's style: "the coolness and subtlety of his style [is] very cinematic in terms of recognising that the camera can pick up very, very small effects".[74]. In 1926, comedian, writer, and director Buster Keaton made a film titled The General, which featured a stunt involving an actual train falling from a burning bridge into a river. In 1994, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld penned a series of silent film stars for the United States Post Office, including Rudolph Valentino and Keaton. [104], Keaton's Sherlock Jr., in which he walks into the movie he is projecting, was an influence Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, in which a character walks out of a movie and into real life. Buster Keaton as a child with his parents . 8 'A Woman of Paris'. Resuming his daily job as an MGM gag writer, he provided material for Red Skelton[48] and gave help and advice to Lucille Ball. A chance meeting with comedian Rosco "Fatty" Arbuckle led him to break that contract. Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work of cultural history, the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keaton's unique creative genius in the context of his time. Director William Asher recalled: I always loved Buster Keaton. He would bring me bits and routines. He supported them all. His father was Joseph Hallie "Joe" Keaton who had a traveling show called the Mohawk Indian Medicine Company, which performed on stage and sold patent medicine on the side. "I went over (Weingarten's) head and appealed to Irving Thalberg to help get me out of the assignment. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend . Pioneer in Film Industry. He then moved to feature-length films; several of them, such as Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), and The Cameraman (1928), remain highly regarded. While it's debatable Keaton's family life was the root of his deterioration, one factor that certainly bothered him was his marriage. Keaton observed that during his silent period, such a hat cost him around two dollars (~$2733 in 2022 dollars); at the time of his interview, he said, they cost almost $13 (~$116 in 2022 dollars). In addition to appearing in numerous commercials (including one for Alka-Seltzer), Keaton made many guest appearances in both comedies and dramas. An error has occured while loading the map. Keaton had two shows of his own, including The Buster Keaton Comedy Show (1949) and The Buster Keaton Show from 1950 until 1951. Most of these parodies targeted acts with which Keaton had shared the bill. To the world, he was the famous silent film star Buster Keaton, but to Melissa Talmadge Cox of Cloverdale, he was simply Grandpa Buster. His unit remained intact and was not broken up to provide replacements, as happened to some other late-arriving divisions. A 1905 ad for The Three Keatons read: "Maybe you think you were handled roughly as a kid watch the way they handle Buster!". It's a knack. [84] Natalie's extravagance was another factor, spending up to a third of her husband's earnings. The film has a largely negative reputation, with renowned film historian Kevin Brownlow calling it the worst film ever made.[50]. He had cameos in such films as In the Good Old Summertime (1949), Sunset Boulevard (1950), and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Anyone who thinks that the movie-within-a-movie is a recent conceit, the province of The Purple Rose of Cairo and Last Action Hero, should check out Sherlock Jr., a film in which Keaton dreams himself into another film: he strolls up the aisle of the theatre, hops into the action, and fights to keep up with the breakneck changes of scene. Arbuckle also wrote and directed this film. An unnamed author of Keaton's obituary in Variety, wrote, "The secret to his lasting success as a master comedian was his universally recognized character - the unhappy, doleful fall guy to whom 'everything' happened. In 1928 film executive Nicholas Schenck arranged a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for Keaton 's real first name until the... 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