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Talkie Tuesday -

The Illusion in Sherlock Jr. explained in Movie Magic & Mysteries: The Making of Sherlock Jr.

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Expectation vs Reality

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Me too

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#WIPWednesday Behind the scenes footage of The Cameraman in New York, taken by very lucky Milan newlyweds honeymooning in the USA.

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Unlucky for some...

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This Day in Buster…September 4, 1927

This happened 97 years ago today…

Buster Keaton filmed the housefront stunt for his final independent movie, “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” - he said he was mad at the time, else he wouldn’t have done it.  The housefront weighed two tonnes, with six crew with ropes on the roof which were cut simultaneously.  Buster had two inches of leeway, finding his spot with nails in the ground which he could line up to with his heel.  The stunt has been reproduced many times since Buster did it, but never with quite so much at stake!

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A happy Father’s Day to those in the Damfamily celebrating it.  Here's Buster Keaton with his sons, Jimmy & Bobby in December, 1928.

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This Day in Buster…September 14, 1932

The Fresno Bee favourably reviews "Speak Easily,' adapted from Clarence Buddington Kelland’s story 'Footlights,' and prints this picture of Buster Keaton & femme fatale Thelma Todd.

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#TalkieTuesday Buster Keaton on Charlie Chaplin…

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#TalkieTuesday …and no-one did things funnier than Buster Keaton

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#FanArtFriday Two Busters this week, courtesy of @alexandra.clk on Instagram.  Send your Buster Keaton fan art to socialmedia@busterkeaton.org for a chance to be featured in future or in our magazine, “The Keaton Chronicle.”

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#ThrowbackThursday The cover of German movie magazine Film-Kurier’s pullout for “The Cameraman.”

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#TalkieTuesday George Miller speaks to Vanity Fair about the inspirations for “Furiosa,” one of which is Buster Keaton - thanks to @degelle, who pointed us in the direction of this video!

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#TalkieTuesday The late, great Orson Welles on one of his favourites, Buster Keaton.

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This Day in Buster…August 19, 1917

The Statesman Journal reports that Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St John & Buster Keaton are real patriots, with the former buying up $50k in Liberty Loan war bonds to fund the war effort.  Only Buster would end up at the front, although he described it as ‘the back’.

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This Day in Buster…August 7, 1928

The Emporia Gazette prints ‘The architectural contrast between Buster Keaton & Ernest Torrence is one of the effective comedy devices used in “Steamboat Bill, Jr.”’