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Classic films in focus: 'In the Good Old Summertime' (1949)

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, “In the Good Old Summertime” (1949) is a musical from the end of Judy Garland’s heyday, coming...
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Liked The Artist? Try These Four Silent Comedies.

With The Artist taking three major Academy Awards, interest in silent film has already hit film-goers worldwide. Every day for the next five days I...
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55th SFIFF mashup: The tUnE-yArDs, Buster Keaton and Ava Mendoza

  • The Cook
  • February 8, 2012
Merrill Garbus and the tUnE-yArDs bring their refreshing mélange of beats, vocals, loops and ukuleles careening unpredictably between pop and avant...
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Loved "The Artist"? Try Some Real Silent Classics

  • Artist 2012
  • January 16, 2012
The Artist grabbed Golden Globe Awards for Best Comedy/Musical Picture and for it’s star, Jean Dujardin. It is due for a wider theatrical...
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An early animated shoe seller: Buster Brown

  • Buster Brown
  • April 17, 2011
What do you get when you cross the actor, Buster Keaton, with the Brown Shoe Company? The answer is: Buster Brown, a shoe advertising icon.Buster...
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Buster Keaton's 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' released on blu-ray

Though he had only been making films for a little over a decade, Buster Keaton had already established himself as a comic star by the time...
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Morbid Curiosity: Remembering Fatty Arbuckle (1887-1933). He who suffered a bad Rappe

We have reservations about staying in Suite 1221 of the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. That's the room in which the screams of...
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