Robert Israel
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.
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.
4) Speedy
Series
Criterion collection volume 788
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
None
Description
It was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd, and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his "Glasses Character" this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can't keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city's last horse-drawn trolley, which is operated by his sweetheart's crusty grandfather.
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...
7) Herr Tartüff
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
None
Description
In this film, F. W. Murnau revisits Moliere's fable of religious hypocrisy, in which a faithful wife tries to convince her husband that their morally superior guest, the title character, is in fact a lecherous hypocrite with a taste for the grape. To endow the story with contemporary relevance, Murnau frames Moliere's tale with a modern-day plot concerning a housekeeper's stealthy efforts to poison her elderly master and take control of his estate....
8) College
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Ronald is an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds himself instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary. The electric house: Buster turns an ordinary dwelling into an automated funhouse. Hard luck: A suicidal Buster makes a final effort at fitting in with society at a swank country club. The blacksmith: Mechanical mayhem is wrought in a blacksmith's...