Buster Keaton was born into a family of vaudeville performers in Kansas , and was also named the sixth Joseph in a long line of family members named Joseph. In later life, Keaton would tell a story of how he recieved the nickname “Buster.” One day while tumbling in his family’s…
Month: August 2014
Sherlock, Jr. (1924) Film Review
8/24/14 Sherlock, Jr. (1924) Director: Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton ★★★★★ Dreams are blended together with moving pictures in Buster Keaton’s short silent masterpiece, Sherlock Jr. This film offers an abbreviated homage to the art of movie-making as we meet a theatre projectionist who envisions of becoming a detective. His dreams…
The Kid (1921) Film Review
8/16/14 The Kid (1921) Director: Charlie Chaplin “A picture with a smile – and perhaps, a tear.” ★★★★★ The Kid is one of Charlie Chaplin’s finest films. Here we are introduced to the famous “Little Tramp” character in his first feature-length picture, after previously appearing in a vast array of…
Way Down East (1920) Film Review
★★★★☆ D.W. Griffith was apparently drawn to more sentimental film-making in his later years with films like Way Down East and Broken Blossoms. Once again, in Way Down East Griffith’s leading star Lillian Gish delivers a tender performance as an outcasted young woman who has fallen on hard times. However,…