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The Buster Keaton Story

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

5.1

Director:

Sidney Sheldon

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

Donald O'Connor

Buster Keaton

Ann Blyth

Gloria Brent

Rhonda Fleming

Peggy Courtney

Peter Lorre

Kurt Bergner

Larry Keating

Larry Winters

Jackie Coogan

Elmer Case

Richard Anderson

Tom McAffee

Dave Willock

Joe Keaton

Claire Carleton

Myra Keaton

Larry White

Buster - Age 7

Dan Seymour

Indian Chief

Michael Ross

Assistant Chief

Nan Martin

Edna

Robert Christopher

Nick

Richard Aherne

Franklin

Ralph Dumke

Mr. Jennings

Tim Ryan

Studio Policeman

Joseph Forte

Theatre Manager

Larry Rio

Holt

Constance Cavendish

Wife

Ivan Triesault

Duke Alexander Michael David

Pamela Jayson

Leading Woman

Keith Richards

Leading Man

Dick Ryan

Susan's Father

Guy Wilkerson

Boarder

Elizabeth Slifer

Mrs. Anderson

Cecil B. DeMille

Eric Alden

Director (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Tough Guy (uncredited)

Mary Benoit

Hairdresser (uncredited)

John Benson

Gloria's Assistant (uncredited)

Cathy Ann Bissutti

Small Girl (uncredited)

Nick Borgani

Film Crew Member (uncredited)

Jan Bradley

Boarder (uncredited)

Robert E. Bragg

Small Boy (uncredited)

Edith Clair

Party Guest (uncredited)

Anne Cornwall

Mrs.Jennings (uncredited)

Paul De Rolf

Kid (uncredited)

Don Dunning

Slate Boy (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

Boarder (uncredited)

Bobby Faye

Boarder (uncredited)

Mickey Finn

Big Man at Boarding House (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

Film Crew Member (uncredited)

Richard Gilden

Wife's Lover (uncredited)

Len Hendry

Husband / Cab Driver (uncredited)

June Jocelyn

Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Cherokee Landrum

Thin Man (uncredited)

Ben Mantz

Photographer (uncredited)

William Meader

Party Guest (uncredited)

Pat Moran

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Jody O'Connor

Party Guest (uncredited)

Alan Paige

Make-Up Man (uncredited)

Joe Ploski

Fat Man (uncredited)

Max Power

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mark Roberts

Sound Man (uncredited)

Victor Romito

Cameraman / Waiter (uncredited)

Benny Rubin

Wilkie

Barry Seltzer

Extra (uncredited)

Court Shepard

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Mabel Smaney

Fat Woman (uncredited)

Emilie Stevens

Maid (uncredited)

James Stone

Proprietor (uncredited)

Jack Tesler

Boarder (uncredited)

Charles Van

Castle (uncredited)

Edward Wahrman

Cameraman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The money the real Buster Keaton earned selling the rights to his life story allowed him to buy some property in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California. He lived on the property the rest of his life.

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Despite what the film portrays, neither Keaton nor his family ever performed in a circus, his father died when Keaton was an adult and his father did not die while performing. One day, the real Buster Keaton visited the set while they were filming a circus scene and Keaton told all of this to a surprised Donald O'Connor.

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Ann Blyth's character was a composite of Keaton's three wives. When Keaton's second wife Mae tried to sue Paramount for defamation of character, it was easily proved that she was not a specific character in the movie.

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Goofs

Keaton's wife, a stylish studio employee, continues to wear WWI-era fashions well into the late Twenties-early Thirties.

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