Buster Keaton - Day Dreams (1922)

An alternate take of The Saphead.

The Boogie Monster- Gnarls Barkley // Psycho Killer - Talking Heads // Shopping for Blood - Franz Ferdinand // Halloween - Siouxsie And The Banshees // In the Room Where You Sleep- Dead Man’s Bones // I Put a Spell on You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins // That Black Bat Licorice - Jack White // Pet Sematary - The Ramones // Country Death Song - Violent Femmes // Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival // Always Something - Cage The Elephant // Boris the Spider - The Who // Mad Witch - Dave Gardner // People are Strange - The Doors

It’s your birthday, Buster Keaton! And here’s all the ol’ art in one crazy long post! Wooo!

"To answer a question which has been asked of me hundreds of times: Was Buster solemn and unsmiling as he always appeared in his films? NO! A thousand times no! I’ve never known anyone to laugh more than he did. In fact, when we were shooting, he spoiled many a scene by cracking up with laughter.” - Bartine Burkett, 1981

Once again, Keaton’s supposedly “emotionless exterior” is belied. Nothing could convey total dejection anymore effectivey than that descend into the sand.

Buster Keaton in Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath (1931)

May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963

Home movie footage of Buster Keaton in Paris.

The Cameraman (1928)

This scene in 1944’s Bathing Beauty posed a difficult challenge for the filmmakers. The scene pits Red Skelton up against a vicious dog with no means of escape. The filmmakers could not come up with a successful resolution and were intent on scrapping the scene until Buster Keaton suggested an ingenius solution that proved both believable and comical.