Comedy’s Greatest Era | by James Agee
In 1949, the film critic James Agee published his influential essay “Comedy's Greatest Era,” in which he recounts the golden years of silent comedy and proclaims that the genre’s “four most eminent…
Buster Keaton
BUSTER KEATON – BY PENELOPE GILLIATT
Review of the Elgin Festival at the Elgin Theatre, where Keaton films are being shown. All ten of his full-length features and a lot of his rare two-reelers are included. Gilliatt tells…
The General (1927) – Review by Bosley Crowther
The General, made in 1927, best combines the subtle character of Keaton with material that is perfect for his style.
BUSTER KEATON
Only a day before the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Samuel Beckett, I confided to my class in film history that Buster Keaton's vision of the world was in some…