The Cameraman (1928) 69 minDirected by Edward Sedgwick, Buster KeatonBuster Keaton, Marceline Day
Buster Keaton is at his deadpan best in this silent about a tin-type photographer besotted with a newsreel office worker and hoping to impress her by landing a job as a cameraman. In addition to Keaton’s genius for comedy, the movie includes some sly digs at film-making and delightful glimpses of New York in the 1920s, including an extended and pivotal scene in New York’s Chinatown. For several years this was considered a “lost” film after a print was destroyed in the 1965 MGM Vault fire, but a complete version was discovered in Paris 1968, and another higher quality print in 1991. Come appreciate this “found” classic!
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Buster Keaton is at his deadpan best in this silent about a tin-type photographer besotted with a newsreel office worker and hoping to impress her by landing a job as a cameraman. In addition to Keaton’s genius for comedy, the movie includes some sly digs at film-making and delightful glimpses of New York in the 1920s, including an extended and pivotal scene in New York’s Chinatown. For several years this was considered a “lost” film after a print was destroyed in the 1965 MGM Vault fire, but a complete version was discovered in Paris 1968, and another higher quality print in 1991. Come appreciate this “found” classic!
The Cameraman (1928) 69 minDirected by Edward Sedgwick, Buster KeatonBuster Keaton, Marceline Day
Buster Keaton is at his deadpan best in this silent about a tin-type photographer besotted with a newsreel office worker and hoping to impress her by landing a job as a cameraman. In addition to Keaton’s genius for comedy, the movie includes some sly digs at film-making and delightful glimpses of New York in the 1920s, including an extended and pivotal scene in New York’s Chinatown. For several years this was considered a “lost” film after a print was destroyed in the 1965 MGM Vault fire, but a complete version was discovered in Paris 1968, and another higher quality print in 1991. Come appreciate this “found” classic!
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Buster Keaton is at his deadpan best in this silent about a tin-type photographer besotted with a newsreel office worker and hoping to impress her by landing a job as a cameraman. In addition to Keaton’s genius for comedy, the movie includes some sly digs at film-making and delightful glimpses of New York in the 1920s, including an extended and pivotal scene in New York’s Chinatown. For several years this was considered a “lost” film after a print was destroyed in the 1965 MGM Vault fire, but a complete version was discovered in Paris 1968, and another higher quality print in 1991. Come appreciate this “found” classic!
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