Oct 26, 2019 · We've managed 20 years now without a car, there have been times of course that I really wished we'd had one though, when someone needs to go to the vet, when my son was referred to hospital for an x-ray, when the ambulance sent for a 4am emergency was a car with only one patient transport space so I had to wait 3 hours to get the bus to be with ...

Aug 23, 2018 · In 1927, some critics questioned whether it was appropriate for Buster Keaton to make gags about the U.S. Civil War in The General r/VintageTV • New 1960’s RCA Plugged In First Time From Factory

Jun 6, 2023 · He would grab onto the handle of the vehicle or street car and leap up in the air making appear as if he was RIPPED from the ground. if you slow down the link below you can see he twists his body forward to the left and moves his right hand forward to the left to grab the handle of the vehicle.

Jun 3, 2019 · So many of Buster Keaton's stunts could have killed him horrifyingly easily. I believe (someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that during filming for the one where an entire building facade falls down on him and he slips through the window, several crewmembers quit because they couldn't talk him out of it, and the cameraman actually looked away.

Jun 5, 2019 · Edit: to whoever downvoted, Buster Keton is known for always putting himself in harms way to get the job done. He was injured on almost every movie he did, and this one he described in his autobiography was one of the most painful.

Riding the railroad crossing arm into the car is also from Sherlock Jr. No tricks, he just did that. The car falling apart is another stunt from 3 Ages. I think the motorcycle catching him between cars is from Seven Chances (1925) but I'm not sure. …

The film includes Keaton's single most famous stunt: an entire building facade collapses onto him. The open attic window fits neatly around Keaton's body as it falls, coming within inches of flattening him. (Keaton had performed a similar, though less elaborate, stunt in his earlier short films One Week and Back Stage).

This Day in Buster…June 27, 1923 The Springfield Evening Union on “Three Ages” - “The situation getting the longest laugh from tryout audiences resulted from an accident which nearly put Keaton hors du comedy - an attempted leap of 15 feet between buildings which dropped him senseless in a life net.

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Apr 21, 2023 · Buster Keaton is a legend! Fell down the stairs at 18months and was given the nickname ‘Buster’. The first act he did at only 3 was with his parents where he had a suitcase handle sewn in to his clothes to make it easier for his father to literally throw him about.