![]() The best added feature is the inclusion of Keaton’s next film, Spite Marriage, remastered to what is only a slightly lesser quality. With a bevy of interviews and essays on Keaton’s life and career, and various aspects of Hollywood history. It’s an attractive collector package, with the beautifully transferred print in delightfully crisp form for a near-century old film. Remade in 1951 as 'Watch the Birdie,' starring Red Skelton. After several attempts to impress the movie queen, Keaton's character finds himself in the middle of a major news story. It’s simply a joy to watch, and a testament to the immortal power of great comedy.Ĭriterion rarely skimp on their releases, and The Cameraman is no exception. Oscar-honoree Buster Keaton ('The General') stars in this silent comedy about a photographer who takes up newsreel shooting to impress a beautiful office worker, played by Marceline Day ('The Telegraph Trail'). The five minutes or so spent with Buster miming a baseball game on the empty diamond is superfluous in the extreme, but still rises grins and chuckles. It may have Sedgwick’s name at the top, but Keaton was the visionary here.Īs a film, it’s more a series of collected vignettes, lashed together with a loose narrative, than a wholly cohesive story. What’s most fascinating about The Cameraman is that historically it sits as one of the final shining moments in Keaton’s career, and probably the last truly grand film he’d have completely free artistic expression making. As you would expect with his signature stunting prowess, physical mastery of his own body, and excellent comic timing. It’s a typical Keaton affair, with him engaging in all manner of slapstick, and clownish mummery. In the process of shooting footage, he wanders across New York, goofs around in Yankee Stadium, and ends up getting into a series of japes, including a full scale Tong War in Chinatown. Instantly smitten, he tries to impress her by getting a job as a newsreel filmer at MGM. The story follows Buster as the hapless titular cameraman who, while selling his tintype portraits in downtown New York, happens across Sally ( Marceline Day). It is notable as his first film after he signed to the MGM studio as a major star. ![]() One of the landmark films he made, was The Cameraman. There are few heroes of the silent era more instantly recognisable than Buster Keaton the prat-falling, often befuddled and occasionally clownish hero of dozens of films. Information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media and. Films exhibited don't necessarily reflect the views of the Hollywood Theatre. ![]() In general, the Hollywood Theatre does not provide content advisories about the subject matter shown in our theatre. THE CAMERAMAN is #353 on the 1,000 Greatest Movies of All Time list from “They Shoot Pictures Don’t They?” and was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2005 as being deemed “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant.” Starring Buster Keaton and Marceline Day, this hilarious romantic comedy is Keaton at the peak of his career, and was the last film the “the great stoneface” would ever have complete artistic control over again.Īfter becoming infatuated with a pretty office worker for MGM Newsreels, Buster trades in his tintype operation for a movie camera and sets out to impress the girl (and MGM) with his work. Organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Hollywood’s Mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.
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