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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

  • 1987
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~53m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.5/10

A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

Latest: Miniseries · 1987

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  1. E1. Episode One

    Sep 30, 1987 · 53m

    Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.

  2. E2. Episode Two

    Oct 7, 1987 · 53m

    Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.

  3. E3. Episode Three

    Oct 14, 1987 · 52m

    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.