Warner Bros.
Buster Keaton Collection
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The Cameraman | Spite Marriage | Free and Easy
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Directed by: Edward Sedgwick
Featuring: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page, Harold Goodwin, Edward Earle, Trixie Friganza, Sidney Bracy, Leila Hyams, Robert Montgomery, Harry Gribbon, William Bechtel
Considered by many the greatest of cinema's silent clowns, Buster Keaton was a consummate practitioner of physical comedy. Although labeled the "Great Stone Face," Keaton found tremendous eloquence in his deadpan style with the alert and expressive eyes, lithe acrobat's body and that air of grace described by critic James Agee as "a fine, still and dreamlike beauty." This TCM Archives 2-disc celebration of Keaton's art puts the spotlight on his MGM period. The Cameraman (1928), remastered with a new score by Arthur Barnow, and Spite Marriage (1929) are among Keaton's funniest silents, while Free and Easy (1930) is his first talkie. These films marked a peak in his popularity with audiences; however, Keaton resented the loss of artistic control he had enjoyed in his earlier movies and was on the brink of a major career decline that he blamed on studio interference. This watershed period in Keaton's life is the basis for film historian Kevin Brownlow's poignant new documentary So Funny It Hurts: Buster Keaton at MGM, completing a DVD collection which offers keen insight into what makes Keaton's unique style of comedy hilarious, moving and timeless.
Details by Film
The Cameraman
Year: 1928
Time: 69
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Streaming Options
Spite Marriage
Year: 1929
Time: 76
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Streaming Options
Free and Easy
Year: 1930
Time: 92
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Streaming Options
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 1.0
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Subtitles:
English
French
Spanish
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Alternate Score, Documentary, Video Gallery, Introduction, Audio Commentary
- New score by Arthur Barrow on The Cameraman
- Introduction by Turner Classic Movies Host Robert Osborne
- Commentary on The Cameraman by Glenn Mitchell author of A–Z of Silent Film Comedy: An Illustrated Companion
- Commentary on Spite Marriage by Silent-Era Film Historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance
- Kevin Brownlow's all-new documentary So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
- Photo montages from the two silent films
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