Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression which earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" on a series of films that make him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". His career declined afterward with a loss
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