Silent Echoes

Jul 12, 2011

0h 16m

★ 0.0

Overview

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between 1920-1923, many in the streets surrounding his former Hollywood studio, the same studio where, a few years earlier, Charlie Chaplin had made his brilliant series of Mutual shorts.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Kino Lorber

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Narrator

John Bengtson

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Silent Echoes

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