The general
(2001, original release: 1921)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/COMEDY/GENERAL

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/COMEDY/GENERAL Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Kino International, [2001]
©2001
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
K131 DVD
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

With: The playhouse / Joseph M. Schenck presents a First National attraction ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Cops / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; First National Picutres, Inc. ; Comique Film Company ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline

The general (1926, 75 min.) -- The playhouse (1921, 23 min.) -- Cops (1922, 18 min.)

[The general] A locomotive is beloved by its engineer, who sets out to win the Civil War single handedly. [The playhouse] A comedy in which Keaton plays a stage manager, an actor, a monkey and other parts. [Cops] A comedy of errors in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a chase with an entire police precinct

The general adapted from William Pittenger's The great locomotive chase

[The general] Photographed by Dev Jennings & Bert Haines

[The general] Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes

[The playhouse, Cops] Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox

DVD

Silent with English intertitles and music soundtrack

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