Buster Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down

Buster Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down

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The silent screen's "Great Stone Face," and arguably its most prodigious comedian, Buster Keaton is famous for films such as The General and The Navigator. Dardis traces both the development and decline of this great performer with compassion and accuracy, from his childhood in vaudeville to his glory days as a silent screen star and MGM contract actor, his descent into alcoholism, and his twilight years as a nearly forgotten relic of the era.

Tom Dardis is professor emeritus of English at John Jay College of the City University of New York.

Buster Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down,Tom Dardis,University of Minnesota Press,0816640017,1895-1966,Acting & Auditioning,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Cinema/Film: Book,Comedians,Comedy,Comedy (Performing Arts),Entertainment & Performing Arts - Actors & Actresses,Entertainment & Performing Arts - Comedians,Individual Movie Actors And Actresses,Keaton, Buster,,Motion picture actors and actr,Motion picture actors and actresses,Performing Arts,United States,Keaton, Buster

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