Starring
: Buster Keaton
Compilation
Director : Paul E. Gierucki with Bruce Lawton
Executive
Producers : Andre A. Blay, William Hunt
Produced
by: Laughsmith
Entertainment, Inc.
Synopsis
Buster Keaton is universally recognized as one of the
all-time greatest motion picture comedians. Today, over
75 years after his last silent film was made, those
contributions still reign supreme as masterworks from
the golden era of slapstick comedy.
Now Laughsmith Entertainment and Mackinac Media presents
another facet of “The Great Stone Face”,
providing fans with an opportunity to rediscover many
of Buster Keaton’s rarely seen gems from the silent
and sound eras! Through newly restored and remastered
shorts, features, forgotten industrial films,
promotional films, commercials, live television appearances
and outtakes, Industrial Strength Keaton reveals
the continuing artistry of Hollywood’s greatest
laugh maker, paying homage to a career spanning nearly
every form of recorded visual media from 1917 until
his final work in 1965.
Whether you enjoy silent film, classic comedy, early
television, or just revel in the pleasure of screening
rare Keaton material that has been unavailable for decades,
you’ll find something to enjoy in this tribute
to one of filmdom’s most celebrated comic geniuses.
Digitally mastered from original archival materials
or the sole surviving elements.
DVD
Features
FEATURES
The
Playhouse (1921) B&W / Silent
* Audio commentary track
Digitally remastered and restored version of one of
Keaton’s greatest shorts.
Character Studies (Mid-1920s) B&W
* Audio commentary track
Recently discovered short with famed magician Carter
DeHaven and featuring cameos by Roscoe “Fatty”
Arbuckle, Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton,
Harold Lloyd and Rudolph Valentino.
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) B&W / sound
feature
* Audio commentary track
* Keaton's Italian villa
still gallery
Digitally remastered and restored feature. Definitive
version.
PROMOTIONAL FILMS
Seein' Stars (1922) B&W / sound
The Voice of Hollywood #10 (1929) B&W /
sound
Hollywood on Parade #A-6 (1933) B&W / sound
An Old Spanish Custom (1935) B&W / sound
* Audio commentary track
* Original press book
LIVE TELEVISION
The Butcher Boy / Can of Molasses Sketch
* The Butcher Boy (1917)
B&W / Silent clip w/ Roscoe “Fatty”
Arbuckle
* The Ed Wynn Show (1949)
B&W / Sound w/ Ed Wynn
* You Asked For It (1957)
B&W / Sound w/ Eddie Gribbon
* Unknown TV appearance
(1950s) B&W / Sound w/ Billy Gilbert
"The Martha Raye Show" (1956) B&W / Sound
* The Concert
Buster Keaton and Martha Raye recreate a sketch originally
used in the classic Charlie Chaplin feature Limelight.
Circus Time (1956)
COMMERCIALS
Alka Seltzer (1958) [5 spots]
Northwest Orient Airlines (1958)
Simon Pure Beer (1958) [6 spots]
Shamrock Oil / Outtakes (1959)
* Audio commentary track
* Director’s interview
track
Milky Way (1961)
Pure Oil (1965)
Country Club Malt Liquor (1958) [3 spots]
Ford Econoline (1963)
Jeep - Lessons in Living (1960)
* Only surviving complete
Jeep commercial
* Recently discovered
fragments from previously undocumented
Jeep commercials.
Pure Oil (1965)
INDUSTRIAL FILMS
The Devil To Pay (1960) B&W / sound
short
* Promotional booklet
The Homeowner (1961) - Color / sound short
* Audio commentary track
Recently discovered, previously undocumented Keaton
industrial film.
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963) Color short
BONUS FEATURES
1 Parlor, 5 Bedrooms and 6 Baths - A new mini-documentary
from filmmaker Jack Dragga.
Commentary tracks from comedy historians Andy Coryell,
Paul Gierucki, Bruce Lawton, Steve Massa and Richard
M. Roberts.
Still galleries featuring previously unseen Keaton images,
original press books, trade advertisements and more.
New music scores from composer Ben Model.
20 page full color booklet with detailed descriptions
of each
film, archival photos and essays from authors / historians
Ken Gordon, Steve Massa, David B. Pearson, Patricia
Eliot Tobias and more! |
