Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
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Seasons & Episode
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Episode 1 - Episode One
September. 30,1987
Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
Episode 2 - Episode Two
October. 07,1987
Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
Episode 3 - Episode Three
October. 14,1987
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.
