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The Buster Keaton Story

  • 19571957
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 31m
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5.1/10
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Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
  • Biography
  • Comedy
  • Drama
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
314
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sidney Sheldon
  • Writers
    • Sidney Sheldon
    • Robert Smith
  • Stars
    • Donald O'Connor
    • Ann Blyth
    • Rhonda Fleming
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sidney Sheldon
  • Writers
    • Sidney Sheldon
    • Robert Smith
  • Stars
    • Donald O'Connor
    • Ann Blyth
    • Rhonda Fleming
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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  • Photos14

    "The Buster Keaton Story" Rhonda Fleming, Paramount 1956.
    Ann Blyth and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton, Cecil B. DeMille, and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Peter Lorre, Rhonda Fleming, and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Buster Keaton and Ann Blyth in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Rhonda Fleming and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
    Ann Blyth and Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957)

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    Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor
    • Buster Keatonas Buster Keaton
    Ann Blyth
    Ann Blyth
    • Gloria Brentas Gloria Brent
    Rhonda Fleming
    Rhonda Fleming
    • Peggy Courtneyas Peggy Courtney
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Kurt Bergneras Kurt Bergner
    Larry Keating
    Larry Keating
    • Larry Wintersas Larry Winters
    Jackie Coogan
    Jackie Coogan
    • Elmer Caseas Elmer Case
    Richard Anderson
    Richard Anderson
    • Tom McAffeeas Tom McAffee
    Dave Willock
    Dave Willock
    • Joe Keatonas Joe Keaton
    Claire Carleton
    Claire Carleton
    • Myra Keatonas Myra Keaton
    Larry White
    • Buster - Age 7as Buster - Age 7
    Dan Seymour
    Dan Seymour
    • Indian Chiefas Indian Chief
    Michael Ross
    Michael Ross
    • Assistant Chiefas Assistant Chief
    Nan Martin
    Nan Martin
    • Edna - Larry's Secretaryas Edna - Larry's Secretary
    Robert Christopher
    • Nickas Nick
    Richard Aherne
    • Franklinas Franklin
    Ralph Dumke
    Ralph Dumke
    • Mr. Jenningsas Mr. Jennings
    Tim Ryan
    Tim Ryan
    • Studio Policemanas Studio Policeman
    Joseph Forte
    • Theatre Manageras Theatre Manager
    • Director
      • Sidney Sheldon
    • Writers
      • Sidney Sheldon
      • Robert Smith
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    Storyline

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    Buster Keaton leaves his family vaudeville act for the movies. He starts out as a bit player but quickly becomes famous as he acts in and directs his own films. Casting director Gloria Brent is in love with him, but he favors a starlet. When she rejects him, he starts drinking, a problem which only worsens when sound destroys silent cinema and his career. Will Gloria's love and his desire to make people laugh win out? —cupcakes
    • character name as title
    • buster keaton character
    • four word title
    • vaudeville comedian
    • silent movie actor
    • 2 more
    • Plot summary
    • Add synopsis
    • Taglines
      • It's a blues - BUSTER!
    • Genres
      • Biography
      • Comedy
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • 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.
    • Goofs
      Keaton's wife, a stylish studio employee, continues to wear WWI-era fashions well into the late Twenties-early Thirties.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Great Buster (2018)

    User reviews13

    Review
    Top review
    Donald O'Connor is good. The movie isn't.
    Donald O'Connor does an amazing job recreating Buster Keaton's style and routines in this otherwise dreadful script, credited to Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith. Buster was arguably a finer comedian than Chaplin, but fell into alcoholism for a number of reasons. This script has so little to do with his life it should never have been titled as it was. Read a real biography, and watch some of Buster's many wonderful movies, including his last, "The Railrodder". I remember watching "Waterworld (1995)", and thinking how poorly it compared to "Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)", not least on value for the money expended on making it. And don't watch another movie until you have seen "The General (1927)". His movies are his biography, not this rotten script.
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    • MovieDude-4
    • Sep 30, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sönen yıldız
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Forum Productions
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    • Budget
      • $1,400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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