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The Buster Keaton Story

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1hr 31min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1957
Director:
Sidney Sheldon
Starring:
Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming  ...more
Synopsis: The Buster Keaton Story is the sublimely inaccurate life story of immortal film comedian Buster Keaton, played by Donald O'Connor. The film begins with young Buster appearing in his parents' circus acrobatic act (the real Keatons never appeared in a circus, but were vaudevillians instead). After Buster's dad dies (an event that actually occurred when Keaton was in his 30s and already a star), the boy strikes out on his own. He makes it into silent films as a top slapstick comic (this much is accurate), ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
As history, The Buster keaton Story is a disgrace; that's business as usual where Hollywood is concerned, as the usual mode of operation when filming the life story of a famous subject, especially an entertainer, is to throw all facts out the window and come up with a trite, cliched "original" story. Somehow, though, one expects better of Hollywood when treating one of its own, and so the total disregard ... Full Review
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Donald O'Connor
Buster Keaton
Ann Blyth
Gloria, Peggy Courtney
Rhonda Fleming
Peggy Courtney
Peter Lorre
Kurt Bergner
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