print email comment close Buster Keaton on Comedy and Making Movies URL: http://www.fathom.com/course/10701030/ Description: "Actor and filmmaker Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was one of the greatest comic figures of the silent film era. ... In 1958, Columbia University's Oral History Research Office conducted several lengthy interviews with Keaton about his life and career. The interviews, which can be listened to or read here, provide a rare glimpse of a vanished era." Topics include Keatons's vaudeville childhood, "Fatty" Arbuckle, and the end of silent films. From Columbia University. Publisher: The Trustees of Columbia University Extra Keywords Joseph Frank Keaton slapstick LII Database Information: Record 24584 created by Maria Brandt on 09/25/2007 Last modification on 09/26/2007 Published: 10/04/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24584