Tag: humor
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The Circus (1928) Review
The Circus (1928) Director: Sir Charles Chaplin “Time brought many changes to the Circus; New Hopes and New Ambitions.” ★★★★★ The Circus is a wonderful film filled with humor and melancholy. It is one of my favorite Charlie Chaplin films, alongside The Kid, The Gold Rush, City Lights, and Modern Times. Filmed right at the […]
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The Navigator (1924) Review
9/5/2016 The Navigator (1924) Director: Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp ★★★★☆ The Navigator is another delightful and important silent film directed by Buster Keaton. It is prescient in a number of ways, not least of which foreshadowing the work of Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times with an examination of man in his unnatural habitat filled with confusing and anxiety-ridden […]
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Our Hospitality (1923) Review
8/27/16 Our Hospitality (1923) Director: Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton and John G. Blystone ★★★★★ With Our Hospitality Buster Keaton delivers a delightful film, the second of his ten brilliant films produced under Buster Keaton Productions. Our Hospitality is more sentimental than some of his later films, such as The General or Sherlock, Jr. The vast luxury of […]
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Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) Review
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) Director: Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton ★★★★☆ Steamboat Bill Jr. was the last of Buster Keaton’s 9 independent films made for Joseph Schenck and it was the last big comedic film of the silent era. His independent feature films for Schenck included: Three Ages (1923) Our Hospitality (1923) Sherlock Jr. (1924) The Navigator (1924) Seven […]
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Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton
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 vaudeville act, Harry Houdini was […]
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Sherlock, Jr. (1924) Review
8/24/14 Sherlock, Jr. (1924) Director: Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton ★★★★★ Buster Keaton is the master of silent comedy and Sherlock Jr. is his best film in my opinion. Not only does it bring the audience to uproarious laughter, but also the meta-textual exploration of the cinematic art is laden throughout the film’s portrayal of a […]
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