Clyde Bruckman
Series
Criterion collection volume 79
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
This compilation of films pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W.C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona.
2) The general
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The restaging of the true story of one man's journey behind enemy lines to reclaim his captured locomotive during the Civil War.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In Our hospitality a New York man (Keaton) returns to his southern antebellum home to find himself embroiled in a longstanding feud between his family and that of the woman he loves. Sherlock Jr. dramatizes the uproarious exploits of a meek theater projectionist turned amateur sleuth.
4) The general
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
[The general] A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War single handedly. [The playhouse] A comedy in which Keaton plays a stage manager, an actor, a monkey and other parts. [Cops] A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with an entire police precinct.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Widely regarded as one of the most visually inventive silent comedies ever made, Sherlock Jr. offers fast-paced slapstick as well as a brilliant deconstruction of the filmmaking process. Keaton stars as a movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth and, in one breathtaking sequence, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life.
Another comedy for film-lovers (that plays upon the conventions of cinema), Three...
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"[T]he story of an eligible young bachelor who must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to receive a $7 million inheritance. After bungling a proposal to his longtime sweetheart ... , Jimmie ... embarks on a desperate quest for a bride. He experiences a hilarous series of rejections, until a newspaper announcement of Jimmie's predicament provides him with more fiancées than he can handle"--Container.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearance on radio, W.C. Fields created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. In these ten films, see W.C. Fields at his best.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1033
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
None
Appears on list
Description
"Buster Keaton is at the peak of his slapstick powers in the first film that the silent-screen legend made after signing with MGM, and his last great masterpiece. The final work over which he maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time. Keaton plays a hapless newsreel cameraman desperate to impress both his new employer...
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
[The navigator] Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth, and surprisingly little common sense, who finds himself adrift on an immense 500 ft. yacht. [The boat] A slapstick comedy about the adventures of a land-lubber and his family in their homemade sailboat. [The love nest] Buster sets out to sea, forlorn about a lost love.
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
[The general] A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War single handedly. [The playhouse] A comedy in which Keaton plays a stage manager, an actor, a monkey and other parts. [Cops] A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with an entire police precinct.
11) The general
Series
Publisher
American Pop Classics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
None
Description
When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single-handedly and straight through enemy lines.
12) The General
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
None
Description
A comedy about a young southerner who repeatedly tried to enlist in the Confederate Army but was refused because he was of more value to the cause as the engineer of his train, The General.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
None
Description
Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed director Leo McCarey), who proudly upped their game in support of the winning comedy duo. Whether wreaking accidental havoc as a two-man band, doing battle against one another as millionaire and butler, or even becoming grave robbers for a mad scientist,...
14) Three ages
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of one man's quest for love in three parallel settings, a modern city, the stone age, and ancient Rome.
15) Our hospitality
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Join youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his inheritance is a shack. Willie learns that the object of his affection is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud.
16) The navigator
Series
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An inexperienced young man finds himself shipwrecked with a beautiful woman, and together they must learn how to take care of themselves, with hilarious results! Bonus features include documentary, trailers, and more.
17) Our hospitality
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Our hospitality: A New York man returns to his southern antebellum home to find himself embroiled in a longstanding feud between his family and that of the woman he loves. Sherlock Jr.: Dramatizes the uproarious exploits of a meek theater projectionist turned amateur sleuth.
18) Our hospitality
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
None
Description
"Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his inheritance is a rundown shack. On top of that, he learns that the object of his affection is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud. McKay's personal struggles are punctuated by brilliant slapstick set pieces that involve an exploding dam, raging waterfall, and a primitive...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
None
Description
Three ages: Buster's first foray into feature film production after a successful string of shorts. This hilariously inventive satire of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance follows the age-old story of misadventures on the road to finding love, retold in three separate eras, a structure that cleverly allowed Keaton to recut the film into three separate shorts if it failed as a feature.
Our hospitality: Perhaps Keaton's most nuanced comedy. In it, he plays...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
None
Description
"Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is not simply one of the greatest silent comedies ever made, it is one of the greatest films of any era. In restaging the true story of one man s journey behind enemy lines to reclaim his captured locomotive during the Civil War, Keaton stages a series of complex chases, using lumbering trains as comedic props. Keaton s inventive mind is matched only by his physical athleticism, making THE GENERAL a truly breath-taking...