Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow — Season 1
19873 episodes7.5/10 (11 votes)
About this season
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Episodes (3)
E1
1. Episode One
Aired 30 September 1987 • 53 min
Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
E2
2. Episode Two
Aired 7 October 1987 • 53 min
Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
E3
3. Episode Three
Aired 14 October 1987 • 52 min
The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.