Myra Keaton performing together in various medicine shows and vaudeville. Their son, silent film actor Buster Keaton (Joseph Frank Keaton), was born October 4, 1895. Their other children included Harry Keaton and Louise Keaton. At the age of four, Buster officially joined the family's vaudeville act, which was billed as "The Three Keatons". Myra and Buster left the act in 1917, as a result of problems arising from Joe Keaton's drinking. All members of the Keaton family occasionally appeared in Buster's silent and sound comedies. Although estranged in later years, Myra remained married to Joe until Joe's death in 1946. Myra Keaton
Speak Easily East West Entertainment. The first ever DVD release in the UK is from Powis Square Pictures in January 2009. Speak Easily Speak Easily is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. The studio also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in "The Passionate Plumber" and "What! No Beer?" Keaton later used many of the physical gags he created for this film later when he wrote (uncredited) gags for the Marx Brothers' "A Night At The Opera". Prof. Post (Buster Keaton) is a shy