Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

Jul 17, 2016

12h 18m

★ 7.0

32 Buston Keaton early shorts

Overview

Includes all 32 of Keaton's extant silent shorts (thirteen of which were produced under the tutelage of comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle) These 2K restorations onto Blu-Ray promise to be the definitive representation of Keaton's early career.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Lobster Films

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Cast

Buster Keaton

Roscoe Arbuckle

Al St. John

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her.

6.9

For Heaven's Sake

Apr 5, 1926

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

4.7

Pay Your Dues

Oct 12, 1919

While blindfolded and playing pin the tail on the donkey with some lady friends, our hero is mistaken for an escaped initiate of a kooky fraternal order.

0.0

Hop Off

Jul 1, 1928

Only a few minutes remain of this partially lost film. A scientist discovers a potion that restores things to their original form: pets, jewelry--endless possibilities. His assistant wonders about its applications, with comical results.

5.7

Ufff Yeh Siyapaa

Sep 5, 2025

Kesari Lal Singh’s wife leaves him, believing he was flirting with the neighbor—he wasn’t. To make matters worse, a drug parcel is mistakenly delivered to his home, leading to chaos when a dead body turns up. As he tries to dispose of it, another body arrives, plunging him deeper into mayhem.

6.3

Bacon Grabbers

Oct 19, 1929

Two debt collectors try to repossess a console radio.

0.0

Work it Class!

Sep 8, 2022

No overview available.

10.0

Lost

Aug 8, 2024

Set in Spanish colonial Philippines. Pedro is tasked to wed a wife whilst his activist friend is considering him to join the revolution. Through a raunchy and campy path of winning the love of his life, Pedro is met with a daunting revelation.

7.4

The Chaplin Revue

Sep 1, 1959

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

0.0

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Jan 1, 1943

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

6.1

As Long as You've Got Your Health

Feb 25, 1966

An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing sleep troubles. (2) A man cannot escape the absurd ads he saw at the movie theater that day. (3) A polluted and construction-ridden town keeps everybody on edge, sending one man to the doctor. (4) A hunter, a farmer and a couple on a picnic unknowingly cause continuous trouble for one another.

0.0

The Gardener

Mar 6, 2024

An inept man takes up a job of being a Gardener for some easy money but the seemingly simple tasks may prove to be too difficult for him as Gardening isn’t all as it seems.

0.0

applechedikal

Dec 9, 2023

Unemployed guests constantly pour into Jane's house, mistaking her for the previous tenant, a mystery man. Jane, though unemployed, lives her innocent life, with brief dreams and quiet hopes for her future. Her friend Suleiman, though bankrupt, lives his dynamic life around his fantasies and plans for the future. When the landlord's daughter, the Princess, demands rent from Jane, the unemployed, things are to change forever.

0.0

Ko-Ko's Hot Dog

Feb 17, 1928

Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.

0.0

Kuster Beaton

Jan 20, 2025

In 1970, Kuster Beaton, a former silent-film star, gives an interview looking back over his career. A journalist asks him about his legendary power : an alleged super-speed that enabled him to shoot his films without special effects.

5.2

All Wet

Jan 1, 1924

Charley Chase has car trouble.

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

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