Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
NR1987•53m•7.5/10
Documentary
Ratings
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7.5/10(11)
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Production
Thames Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 30, 1987
Last Aired
October 14, 1987
Networks
ITV1, Channel 4
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode One
Air date: 1987-09-30
Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
E2
Episode Two
Air date: 1987-10-07
Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
E3
Episode Three
Air date: 1987-10-14
The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.
Cast
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage)
Lindsay Anderson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eleanor Keaton
Self
James Karen
William Collier Jr.
Viola Dana
Marion Mack
Charles Lamont
Self
William R. Cox
Loyal T. Lucas
Self
Dean Riesner
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