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Call Number: VHS01535

by: Buster Keaton; Videobrary, Inc.

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher:  North Hollywood, CA : Vudeobrary, Inc.

Notes: In 1934, Keaton signed a contract with Earle W. Hammons’ Educational Pictures, which specialized in comedy short subjects. This move was a return to his roots, crafting a stream of two-reel comedies in rapid succession, as he had done in the early 1920s, when he first refined his cinematic craft. A Videobrary Comedy Shorts Collection. Videocasette contains four of Buster Keaton’s talkie comedies.

Summary: “The Gold Ghost” (1934): Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff (20 mins.) “Ditto” (1937): Buster, an ice delivery man, falls for one of his customers, not knowing she has a twin sister living next door (17 mins.); “Three On A Limb” (1936): Scoutmaster Elmer (Keaton) loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner. Complicating his romantic longings is her policeman fiancé and another enthusiastic suitor. Eventually all three men wind up competing for her hand at a chaotic wedding ceremony (18mins.); “Timid Young Man” (1935): Keaton stars as Milton, a disappointed romantic who has sworn off women. He gives a lift to a female hitchhiker, whom he happily discovers is also a hurt soul and has sworn off men. Their trip together runs into interference from an aggressive driver who later reappears after the two have set up camp. He starts putting the moves on the woman, but when Milton’s ex-girlfriend shows up, she gets into a fight with the interloper and gives Milton and his new pal the chance to slip away (20 mins.).

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Added: November 9, 2011