Series
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Documentary
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
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Seasons & episodes
1Episode One30 Sept 1987 · 53mCovering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
2Episode Two7 Oct 1987 · 53mKeaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
3Episode Three14 Oct 1987 · 52mThe 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.
Details
- First aired
- 30 Sept 1987
- Last aired
- 14 Oct 1987
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ITV1, Channel 4
- Episodes
- 3
- Votes
- 11 on TMDB
Cast
Buster KeatonSelf (archive footage)
Lindsay AndersonSelf - Narrator (voice)
Eleanor KeatonSelf
James Karen
William Collier Jr.
Viola Dana
Marion Mack
Charles LamontSelf- WWilliam R. Cox
- LLoyal T. LucasSelf
Dean Riesner
