| Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Art of Buster Keaton |
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Art of Buster Keaton.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
With: The haunted house / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. The frozen North / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. |
| Cast |
[Battling Butler] Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Snitz Edwards, Francis McDonald. |
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[The haunted house] Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox. |
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[The frozen North] Buster Keaton, Bonnie Hill. |
| Credits |
Produced for video by David Shepard. |
| Note |
Digitally remastered. |
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Battling Butler "adapted from the stage success of the same name by Paul Gerard Smith" ... [et al.]. |
| Contents |
Battling Butler (1926, 71 min.) -- The haunted house (1921, 20 min.) -- The frozen North (1922, 17 min.). |
| Summary |
[Battling Butler] Alfred Butler, a fragile young man whose father sends him into the country where he hopes masculinity will blossom, is there mistaken for "Battling" Butler, a renowned prizefighter. Alfred carries on the ruse to impress a young lady, but his charade is soon complicated by the arrival of a true contender. [The haunted house] Buster takes refuge in a mansion rigged with a series of frightening booby traps. [The frozen North] Keaton experiences a variety of adventures in the Canadian Northwest including an attempt to rob a saloon and impersonating a Canadian Mountie. |
| Language |
Silent films with musical accompaniment and intertitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Boxing -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Canada, Northern -- Drama.
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Booby traps -- Drama.
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Boxing films.
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Haunted house films.
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
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Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961.
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Cline, Edward, 1892-1961.
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O'Neil, Sally, 1908-1968.
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Edwards, Snitz, 1862-1937.
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McDonald, Francis, 1891-1968.
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Fox, Virginia, 1902-1982.
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Hill, Bonnie.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Metro Pictures Corporation.
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Battling Butler, The frozen north and The haunted house |
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Haunted house.
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Frozen North.
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| Music No. |
K128 Kino International |
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