Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

53min

Documentary

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

Episodes

Cast

Episode One

1. Episode One

53min

30th Sep 1987

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

Episode Two

2. Episode Two

53min

7th Oct 1987

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

Episode Three

3. Episode Three

52min

14th Oct 1987

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.

First air date

30th Sep 1987

Last air date

14th Oct 1987

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

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