. The only time he ever laughed on screen was in an Arbuckle movie, Fatty at Coney Island (1917). He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. Two of his best films were made in 1924. Keaton said that he canceled the filmed series himself, because he was unable to create enough fresh material to produce a new show each week. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with the latest celebrity news, but don't worry we have you covered. His greatest works from . Keaton then moved to full-length features. Joseph Frank Keaton (1895 - 1966) Irving was usually on my side, but this time he said, 'Larry likes it. His large, deep eyes are the most eloquent feature; with merely a stare, he can convey a wide range of emotions, from longing to mistrust, from puzzlement to sorrow. [48] The screenplay, by Sidney Sheldon, who also directed the film, was loosely based on Keaton's life but contained many factual errors and merged his three wives into one character. I just stood there, and everybody is hassling. Keaton returned to film by the 1950s. Keaton became the new head of the company, which was owned by Joseph Schenck (who later became Keaton's brother in law). In 1920, Keaton made his first full-length feature, The Saphead, playing the straight man, Bertie "The Lamb" Van Alstyne. Ex-husband of Natalie Talmadge and Mae Elizabeth Keaton [105], Actor and stunt performer Johnny Knoxville cites Keaton as an inspiration when coming up with ideas for Jackass projects. With the exception of Seeing Stars, a minor publicity film produced in 1922, Limelight was the only time in which the two would ever appear together on film. They had two sons: Joseph, called James[81] (June 2, 1922 February 14, 2007),[82] and Robert (February 3, 1924 July 19, 2009).[83]. On May 29, 1940, Keaton married Eleanor Norris, who was 23 years his junior. The act evolved as Keaton learned to take trick falls safely; he was rarely injured or bruised on stage. Director William Asher recalled: I always loved Buster Keaton. He would bring me bits and routines. His first was a parody of the famous D.W. Griffith film Intolerance (1916), entitled The Three Ages. Battling Butler (1926), a boxing movie, was a commercial success. . Keaton appeared in 14 Arbuckle shorts between 1917 and 1919, including His Wedding Night (1917) and The Bell Boy (1918). Keaton was born into a vaudeville family. [102], Film critic Roger Ebert stated, "The greatest of the silent clowns is Buster Keaton, not only because of what he did, but because of how he did it. Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton. Buster Keaton. Keaton and Arbuckle became close friends, and Keaton was one of few people, along with Charlie Chaplin, to defend Arbuckle's character during accusations that he was responsible for the death of actress Virginia Rappe. Keaton's other 1924 film, The Navigator, was shot on an ocean liner and directed with Donald Crisp. Buster Keaton does some excellent comedy falls." With a new picture set to start, Keaton's salary was bumped to $75 a week, a measure of the added value he brought to . However, Keaton was always able to show the authorities that he had no bruises or broken bones. He appeared on screen simultaneously nine times. Keaton had two shows of his own, including The Buster Keaton Comedy Show (1949) and The Buster Keaton Show from 1950 until 1951. Record information. Keaton was born into a vaudeville family. Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat. Genealogy for Joseph Frank Keaton, VI (1895 - 1966) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. By the age of 5, Buster is part of his family's vaudeville act, and only 6 months later the Atlanta Constitution names him as "the star of the Keaton aggregation of three". [45] In another telling, Keaton was fired after MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer "raided" Keaton's dressing room during a wild party with Keaton's "cronies and their girlfriends" and Keaton "angrily ordered Mayer to get out." Natalie would glare and fly into a rage. His marriage to actress Natalie Talmadge, with whom he had two sons, fell apart, and he became plagued with issues related to alcoholism and depression. that he was soon Arbuckle's second director and his entire gag department. An unnamed author of Keaton's obituary in Variety, wrote, "The secret to his lasting success as a master comedian was his universally recognized character - the unhappy, doleful fall guy to whom 'everything' happened. After the child fell down a long flight of stairs without injury, an actor friend named George Pardey remarked, "Gee whiz, he's a regular buster! . In In the Good Old Summertime, Keaton personally directed the stars Judy Garland and Van Johnson in their first scene together, where they bump into each other on the street. By James Curtis. Educational primarily distributed short subjects; it is best known for its series of comedies starring Buster Keaton (1934-37) and the earliest screen appearances . I Image: Wikimedia Commons. Husband of Eleanor Ruth Keaton MGM also forced Keaton to use a stunt double during some of the more dangerous scenes, something he had never done in his heyday, as MGM wanted badly to protect its investment. They became enthralled with the area, and beginning in 1907, the family returned annually. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Two of Keaton's . A scene from "Our Hospitality," the feature film at the 2013 Buster Keaton Convention in Muskegon. [42] MGM refused, because the film was more valuable in silent form; it could be shown around the world in theaters that had not converted to sound. "[40], When the studio began making talking films, Keaton was enthused about the new technology and wanted to make his next film, Spite Marriage, with sound. From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis--a major biography, the first in more than two decades, of the legendary comedian and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to the highest of arts and whose ingenious films remain as startling, innovative, modern--and irresistible--today as they . Later, the family had two more children. The following year, United Artists hired Keaton; he made ten shorts in the next two years. Comment. In 1964, he told an interviewer that in making "this particular pork pie", he "started with a good Stetson and cut it down", stiffening the brim with sugar water. You are the only one who doesn't.' The General, set during the American Civil War, combined physical comedy with Keaton's love of trains,[33] including an epic locomotive chase. Well into his fifties, Keaton successfully recreated his old routines, including one stunt in which he propped one foot onto a table, then swung the second foot up next to it and held the awkward position in midair for a moment before crashing to the stage floor. The grandchildren delighted in deliberately mentioning Buster's name. (Thirty years later, both Keaton and Durante had cameo roles in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, albeit not in the same scenes. Keaton found his footing with his next film, One Week (1920), which focused on the tribulations of a do-it-yourself house. Keaton's wife Eleanor also was seen in the series (notably as Juliet to Keaton's Romeo in a little-theater vignette). "[5] In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.[6]. Marriage: xxxx Ohio, USA: Record information. However, Hart himself was not amused by Keaton's antics, particularly the crying scene, and did not speak to Keaton for two years after he had seen the film. Wayne Barker on Piano. On February 14, 2007, James Talmadge (born Joseph Talmadge Keaton) passed away peacefully with his wife of 63 years, the love of his life, Barbara Talmadge, by his side. The young Keaton goaded his father by disobeying him, and the elder Keaton responded by throwing him against the scenery, into the orchestra pit, or even into the audience. His third wife was a dancer named Eleanor Ruth Norris. Between 1947 and 1954, the couple appeared regularly in the Cirque Medrano in Paris as a double act. Keaton is often described as having been ahead of his time; Anthony Lane wrote "He was just too good, in too many ways, too soon No action thriller of the last, blood-streaked decade has matched the kinetic violence at the end of Steamboat Bill, Jr., in which a storm pulls Keaton through one random catastrophe after another. By the time he was 21, his father's alcoholism threatened the reputation of the family act,[22] so Keaton and his mother, Myra, left for New York, where Keaton's career quickly moved from vaudeville to film. "[41] MGM wanted only Keaton the star, Keaton the creator was considered a waste of time and money because "in the time it took him to develop a project, he could have appeared in two or three pictures set up by the studio's production staff. Their son began appearing on stage with them as early as nine months of age. Keaton played every role in the movie, which was set in a theater. . He took the camera back to his hotel room where he dismantled and reassembled it by morning. Keaton endured this treatment for two more feature films, and then exchanged his independent setup for employment at Hollywood's biggest studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). In 1939, Columbia Pictures hired Keaton to star in 10 two-reel comedies; the series ran for two years, and comprise his last series as a starring comedian. It marked the first time that a character walks off a movie screen and into "real life." [92] The marriage lasted until his death. Keaton retold the anecdote over the years, including in a 1964 interview with the CBC's Telescope. "It was as long as War and Peace," Keaton recalled. Garry Moore recalled, "I asked (Keaton) how he did all those falls, and he said, 'I'll show you.' He appeared on shows such as Playhouse 90, Route 66, and The Twilight Zone. While the movie had an impressive tornado sequence and an interesting topic (a Mississippi riverboat race) which pleased critics, Steamboat Bill Jr. was not a commercial success. Keaton's writers included Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, and Jean Havez, but the most ingenious gags were generally conceived by Keaton himself. Several factors, other than the loss of creative control, contributed to Keaton's downward spiral in the late 1920s and early 1930s. So that's how he did itit hurtbut you had to care enough not to care. Keaton also appeared in a comedy routine about two inept stage musicians in Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (released in 1952), recalling the vaudeville of The Playhouse. 4.47. "She just hated the man to death," said her grandson Jim. The high point in the Educational series is Grand Slam Opera (1936), featuring Keaton in his own screenplay as an amateur-hour contestant. 8 'A Woman of Paris'. Fairbanks recommended Keaton to take the role[citation needed] for the remake five years later, since the film was to have a comic slant. I n the shadow of a massive dune known as Pigeon Hill. The act was mainly a comedy sketch. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Buster Keaton With Dog Rare Candid 8x10 Photo at the best online prices at eBay! Keaton's periodic television appearances during the 1950s and 1960s helped to revive interest in his silent films. [74][75] Critic and film historian Imogen Sara Smith stated about Keaton's style: "the coolness and subtlety of his style [is] very cinematic in terms of recognising that the camera can pick up very, very small effects".[74]. He would later cite this as the worst business decision of his life in his autobiography. During his time in uniform, he suffered an ear infection that permanently impaired his hearing. . Keaton was such a natural in his first film, The Butcher Boy, he was hired on the spot. The theatrical feature film The Misadventures of Buster Keaton was fashioned from the series. Plus two cats, a dog, and a St. Bernard. The death this week of, children. Keaton was presented with a 1959 Academy Honorary Award at the 32nd Academy Awards, held in April 1960. In 1994, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld penned a series of silent film stars for the United States Post Office, including Rudolph Valentino and Keaton. Keaton kept trying to persuade his bosses to let him do things his way. Working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Cline, Keaton made a series of successful two-reel comedies in the early 1920s, including One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), and The Electric House (1922). In 1920, Arbuckle left Comique Films for Paramount. Get 'em for me.' Born on October 4, 1895, in Piqua, Kansas, as Joseph Francis Keaton. Keaton spent $42,000 on sending a train into a burning bridge. Keaton also directed three one-reel novelty shorts for the studio, but these did not result in further directorial assignments. Born Joseph Keaton (the sixth in a line of Joseph Keatons) in Piqua, Kansas on October 1, 1895, Buster had the delightful fortune of being born in the right place at the right time. [23], The act ran up against laws banning child performers in vaudeville. The Colony celebrate Joe Keaton's birthday with a parade through Bluffton. Today, she regularly travels around the country, attending film festivals and conventions in his honor. Then in his twenties, he had outgrown his family vaudeville act, whose violent acrobatics had relied on a size . The series benefited from a company of veteran actors, including Marcia Mae Jones as the ingenue, Iris Adrian, Dick Wessel, Fuzzy Knight, Dub Taylor, Philip Van Zandt, and his silent-era contemporaries Harold Goodwin, Hank Mann, and stuntman Harvey Parry. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Six of his films have been included in the National Film Registry, making him one of the most honored filmmakers on that list: One Week (1920), Cops (1922), Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr., and The Cameraman (both 1928)[97], A 1957 film biography, The Buster Keaton Story, starring Donald O'Connor as Keaton was released. I said, 'I'd like to do something with a drunk and a fat lady and a kid. Keaton said he was lucky if he used only six hats in making a film. During this period, he made another film in England, The Invader (released in the United States as An Old Spanish Custom in 1936).[45]. [7] The General is viewed as his masterpiece: Orson Welles considered it "the greatest comedy ever madeand perhaps the greatest film ever made". Noticing that this caused the audience to laugh less, he adopted his famous deadpan expression when performing. He is the first action hero; to be precise, he is a small, pale-faced American who is startled, tripped, drenched and inspired into becoming a hero. Because of Keaton's success, and a notorious scandal involving Arbuckle, Comique Films was renamed Buster Keaton Productions. In Our Hospitality (1923), a film about a mountain feud, Keaton shot both a novel train scene and waterfall scene on location. He was born Joseph Frank Keaton on October 4, 1895, in Piqua, Kansas, the eldest of three children, including a younger brother and sister, born to two vaudevillians, Joseph Hallie Keaton and Myra Cutler. Shortly after his son's birth, Joseph Keaton changed his son's name to Joseph Francis Keaton. Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd advised him against making the move, cautioning that he would lose his independence. Brother of Harry Stanley Keaton and Louise J. Keaton. She has been credited with salvaging his life and career. Afterward, I only gradually realized what kind of family I was inheriting. She filed for divorce in 1935 after finding him with Leah Clampitt Sewell, the wife of millionaire Barton Sewell,[88] in a hotel in Santa Barbara. that MGM fired him after the filming was completed, despite the film being a commercial hit. Many people today don't know that the great silent comedy star Buster Keaton (whose birthday is today) started out as part of a family act with his parents, Joe and Myra. [61][62][63][64][65], Meanwhile, Keaton's big-screen career continued. His talent led the family to New York City and, in 1909, to an appearance in London. Buster Keaton, original name Joseph Frank Keaton IV, (born October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas, U.S.died February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, California), American film comedian and director, the "Great Stone Face" of the silent screen, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. Harry Keaton Jr., nephew of Buster Keaton, talks about how famiy members have reunited at various Keaton festivals during a panel discussion featuring Keaton family members in person and appearing virtually on a screen. That's the way it always had been, until his mother . In 1949, comedian Ed Wynn invited Keaton to appear on his CBS Television comedy-variety show, The Ed Wynn Show, which was televised live on the West Coast. Melissa Talmadge Cox wonderful talk about her grandpa, Buster Keaton and the Talmadge sisters and family. Csblnc Flashback Open.mov. He was soon offered a role in a Broadway show, The Passing Show of 1917, for the princely sum of $250 per week. Photograph: Ronald Grant. Buster Keaton got his name in true slapstick fashion. Buster plays a projectionist who dreams his way onto the screen and into a movie in which he resolves the conflicts of his own life. While his films were technically and creatively interesting, they were either critical or box office failures. Born the same year as the film industry in 1895, Buster Keaton began his career as the child star of a family slapstick act reputed . [71] He wears a small version of Hart's campaign hat from the SpanishAmerican War and a six-shooter on each thigh, and during the scene in which he shoots the neighbor and her husband, he reacts with thick glycerin tears, a trademark of Hart's. But we had no luck with Keaton because he thought up his best gags himself and we couldn't steal him! Keaton grew up on the road, as his parents endlessly . [104], Keaton's Sherlock Jr., in which he walks into the movie he is projecting, was an influence Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, in which a character walks out of a movie and into real life. Keaton had little to say about the details of the MGM contract; he would no longer have any financial responsibility for his films, and even his salary had been pre-negotiated, without his own input. Harry N. Abrams, 2001, pg. He made his last starring feature, El Moderno Barba Azul (1946), in Mexico; the film was a low-budget production, and it may not have been seen in the United States until its release on VHS in the 1980s, under the title Boom in the Moon. The seemingly indestructible man married actress Natalie Talmadge in 1921, though wedded bliss did not last long. [32], Aside from Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), Keaton's most enduring feature-length films include Our Hospitality (1923), The Navigator (1924), Sherlock Jr. (1924), Seven Chances (1925), The Cameraman (1928), and The General (1926). The sequence furnished one of the most memorable images of his career. Keaton had two shows of his own, including The Buster Keaton Comedy Show (1949) and The Buster Keaton Show from 1950 until 1951. The most famous was legendary silent film star, Buster Keaton. Filmmaker Mel Brooks has credited Keaton as a major influence, saying: "I owe (Buster) a lot on two levels: One for being such a great teacher for me as a filmmaker myself, and the other just as a human being watching this gifted person doing these amazing things. American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer, Born on October 04, 1895 Production head Irving Thalberg would not permit Keaton to create a script from scratch because the studio had already purchased a stage property, Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath, at the suggestion of Lawrence Weingarten, who was Thalberg's brother-in-law and Keaton's producer. These guys didn't realizethey still don't realizethat the best comedies are simple. By 1923, Keaton was making full-length features. Born June 2, 1922, first born son of Natalie Talmadge and comedian Buster Keaton, nephew of silent screen actresses Norma and Constance Talmadge, Jim attended Blackfox Military . When the Educational series lapsed in 1937, Keaton returned to MGM as a gag writer, supplying material for the final three Marx Brothers MGM films: At the Circus (1939), Go West (1940), and The Big Store (1941); these were not as artistically successful as the Marxes' previous MGM features. [109] In honor of the event, the City of Los Angeles declared the date "Buster Keaton Day."[110]. New York: St. Martin's Press. In a British television documentary about his career, his widow Eleanor told producers from Thames Television that Keaton was up out of bed and moving around, and even played cards with friends who came to visit the day before he died. Like Arbuckle before him, Keaton began directing films that he appeared in. The audience roared. He made me believe in make-believe." Rapf, Joanna E. and Green, Gary L. (1995), This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 07:22. Keaton's parents appeared in vaudeville as "The Two Keatons," but were not particularly successful. However, Thalberg did allow Keaton to stage the gags, including long stretches of pantomime, and agreed to send a crew to Keaton's own mansion for exterior shots. The first ten minutes of The General tell us everything we need to know about its embrace of the Confederacy and its white supremacy. For most grandfathers, this means doing puzzles on the living room floor or pushing their grandchild on a swing. The first of MGM's Keaton films was The Cameraman (1928), and Keaton sensed trouble immediately when he saw the script. Still, he continued to find new situations in which to put his long-suffering face. He was eventually billed as "The Little Boy Who Can't Be Damaged", and the overall act as "The Roughest Act That Was Ever in the History of the Stage". [84] Natalie's extravagance was another factor, spending up to a third of her husband's earnings. In today's dollars that would be the equivalent of more than $600,000making it the most . [54] In a series of silent television commercials for Simon Pure Beer made in 1962 by Jim Mohr in Buffalo, New York, Keaton revisited some of the gags from his silent film days. Buster Keaton is an American actor, known in the world of cinema as "The Great Stone Face" The popularity of the artist at the peak of his career was comparable to the demand of Charlie Chaplin. Keaton's contract with MGM was ended in 1933. She came to know his routines so well that she often participated in them in television revivals. Employing picturesque locations, the film's storyline reenacted an actual wartime incident. Keatan balanced his work in front and behind the camera very well. Then, the facade of a two-story building toppled forward on top of Keaton. John Schneider, commander of the Toledo post, announced. In 2022, two works on Keaton appeared within a month of each other. Record information. Buster Keaton and Marceline Day in The Cameraman, 1928. [86] On July 1, 1942, the 18-year-old Robert and the 20-year-old Joseph made the name change permanent after their mother won a court petition. Educational Pictures, also known as Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. or Educational Films Corporation of America, was an American film production and film distribution company founded in 1916 by Earle (E. W.) Hammons (1882-1962). [37], Keaton's last three features had been produced and released independently, under Keaton's control, and fell short of financial expectations at the box office. [90] After undergoing aversion therapy, he stopped drinking for five years.[91]. Keaton observed that during his silent period, such a hat cost him around two dollars (~$2733 in 2022 dollars); at the time of his interview, he said, they cost almost $13 (~$116 in 2022 dollars). By Kelly Braun. Father of Private and James Talmadge He stars as a great fortune's sole heir that falls in love with the daughter of his family's greatest rival, played by . This was witnessed by the magician Harry Houdini (or, some say, actor George Pardey), who christened the hearty boy Buster. The film version was released as "A Buster Keaton Production" in 1931. Sgt. By the time he was three, Keaton had become part of his parents' act, renamed "The Three Keatons." 3, Thames Television, 1987, Perez Gilberto 'The Material GhostOn Keaton and Chaplin' 1998. Keaton's daring was unquestionable; his famous $42,000 train wreck in The General almost $650,000 in today's dollarsis the most expensive shot in silent film history. Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work of cultural history, the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keaton's unique creative genius in the context of his time. Melissa Talmadge Cox is the granddaughter of Buster Keaton and a long time resident of Cloverdale. They eventually had two sons, Joseph and Robert. 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