Buster Keaton : tempest in a flat hat
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New York : Newmarket Press, [2005].
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Book
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1st ed.
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xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Newmarket Press, [2005].
Edition
1st ed.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (page 274) and index.
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"This biography traces Buster Keaton's career from his early days in vaudeville - where, as a rambunctious five-year-old, his father threw him around the stage - to his becoming one of the brightest stars of silent film's Golden Age." "Taking what he knew from vaudeville - ingenuity, athleticism, audacity, and wit - Keaton applied his hand to the new medium of film, proving himself a prodigious acrobat and brilliant writer, gagman, director, and actor. Between 1920 and 1929, he rivaled Fatty Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, and even Charlie Chaplin as the master of silent comedy by writing, directing, and starring in more than 30 films." "This book celebrates Keaton in his prime - as an antic genius, equal parts auteur, innovator, prankster, and daredevil - while also revealing the pressures in his personal and professional life that led to a collapse into drunkenness and despair before his triumphant second act as a television pioneer and Hollywood player in everything from beach movies to Beckett."--Jacket.

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