This Day in Buster…October 9, 1936 "The Chemist" is released by Educational Pictures. Buster Keaton is a scientist who invents some ridiculous nonsense, including candy that, once eaten, will cause one to fall deeply in love.
TV Tuesday - Buster Keaton does a prank where a windshield spot is impossible to remove in a sequence on "Candid Camera," with host Alan Funt.
Movie Monday - The drinks are on Buster Keaton in this cameo from 1949’s “You’re My Everything.” Anne Baxter does the spilling…
This Day in Buster…October 6, 1921 Buster Keaton's "The Playhouse" is released. The over-arching theme of multiplicity is one that returns many times over his career but is most impressive in the opening sequence of this short.
This Day in Buster…October 4, 1895 Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas to parents Joe & Myra Keaton. Today we get to celebrate a very special 130th birthday with a video of Buster singing, "June Night."
This Day in Buster…October 3, 1926 The Selma Times-Journal reports on boxing scenes in “Battling Butler” filmed in LA’s Olympic Auditorium. Cast, crew & extras were part of the audience but in order to fill the venue, they allowed in all-comers to wit
This Day In Buster…October 2, 1965 "The Railrodder" is released. The late Gerald Potterton was the director of this short commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada but as the documentary “Buster Keaton Rides Again” shows, it was a collaborative ef