Buster Keaton News

Don't let the title scare you - there's not a red nose or rainbow-colored wig in sight in the show "500 Clown Christmas." Instead "A 500 Clown Christmas" is "more in the lines of Buster Keaton," said Paul Kalina, a former Batavia resident and founding member of the not-for-profit theater company 500 Clown.

Buster Keaton If you like Chaplin you will absolutely love Keaton, who is widely acknowledged for being one of the greatest directors of all time, a great screen legend and one of our finest actors, as well as one of the three top comedians in silent era Hollywood, and a true pioneer for the independent filmmaker; producing, controlling and owning ...

Image will release Ghost Hunters: The Best of Ghost Hunters on 5 January. This compilation of episodes from the hit cable series will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers, Dolby Digital sound mixes and some deleted scenes.

We're accustomed to calling a movie a "classic" simply as a way to say that it has lasting value, that it will be remembered fondly and sought out after other pictures are forgotten.

A FAMOUS silent film organist who has performed for royalty is due to play a concert at Hanley's Victoria Hall this weekend.

The Second Annual Village Voice Readers' 10-best poll, held this year in conjunction with my Films in Focus program on WBAI, received entries from all across the United States and Canada, more entries, in fact, than last year.

On Saturday, the Visalia Fox Theatre will host a festival of hand-cranked silent films.

Buster Keaton If you like Chaplin you will absolutely love Keaton, who is widely acknowledged for being one of the greatest directors of all time, a great screen legend and one of our finest actors, as well as one of the three top comedians in silent era Hollywood, and a true pioneer for the independent filmmaker; producing, controlling and owning ...

Warren Clements Published on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 6:10PM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov.

The classic silent film "The Cameraman" starring Buster Keaton will be accompanied by Dennis James on the Palace Theatre's mighty Wurlitzer at 3 p.m. Nov.

It's an incredibly suspenseful action thriller, and one of Keaton's best films. 9. Seven Samurai Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" raised the bar for action epics, creating a standard that would hardly be dented until Sergio Leone's Westerns of the late 60's. 8. Die Hard "Die Hard" is the quintessential American action movie: a single tough guy against a ...

Buster Keaton If you like Chaplin you will absolutely love Keaton, who is widely acknowledged for being one of the greatest directors of all time, a great screen legend and one of our finest actors, as well as one of the three top comedians in silent era Hollywood, and a true pioneer for the independent filmmaker; producing, controlling and owning ...

BOOTLEG FILES 306: 'Le Roi des Champs-Elysees' . LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening.

" He was a silent film actor who really couldn't talk, thanks to a childhood vocal injury.

A CONCERT at St Albans Organ Theatre this weekend will feature performances from a renowned silent film actor and organist.

Pick of the Day: Alloy Orchestra performs with The General and Man With a Movie Camera As far as I'm concerned this isn't just the pick of the day, it's the pick of the festival.

While there's lots of music, theater and dance at the Chesapeake Arts Center this fall, two unique shows dominate the schedule.

One of the biggest stars of the silent film era, actor and director Buster Keaton revolutionized the art of physical comedy.

The great silent-era comedian Buster Keaton will once again ride the rails - and drive an actual locomotive off a bridge - when The Tallahassee Film Society screens the Keaton classic 'The General' as part of the annual Train Night at 7 p.m. today at the All Saints Cinema in the Amtrak rail station.

The music group Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra will perform an original accompaniment to Buster Keaton's "Go West" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ragtag Cinema.