"Director: Buster KEATON"

• Buster Keaton - Go West | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-4.57 (-45.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Go West

• Buster Keaton-Seven Chances | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Seven Chances A man learns he will inherit a fortune if he marries. By 7 p.m. today. The Balloonatic Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon which lands Buster in the wilderness proves useful later on as their canoe is about go over a waterfall. Neighbours The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.

• Buster Keaton-The Saphead | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Saphead Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich. His son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter. Mark also nearly ruins the family business by selling off Henrietta stock at too low a price. Bertie of all people must come to the rescue on the trading floor. The High Sign Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices. One Week Buster and Sybil exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week. It doesn't help that Buster's rival for Sybil switches the numbers on the crates containing the house parts.

• The General | DVD | (22/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Buster Keaton's career reached its creative apex with this rousing comic adventure. Not merely one of the finest silent films, this remains one of the great film comedies of all time. The Great Stone Face stars as Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray, a man with only two loves: the sweet Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) and his trustworthy engine, the eponymous General. When Fort Sumner is fired upon he is one of the first to enlist, but when the war office rejects him (he's too valuable as a trained engineer) his sweetie rejects him as a coward. Johnny has the opportunity to prove his bravery when Yankee spies steal his engine and inadvertently kidnap Annabelle, and Johnny pursues with all the resources at his disposal: handcar, bicycle and finally railroad engine. Keaton's love/hate relationship with technology and machinery shines as he becomes one with his beloved locomotive and wrestles with a finicky cannon that threatens to blow his engine off the tracks; with tremendous dexterity, he nails the humour with inimitably deadpan takes. Spunky Marion Mack makes a perfect partner for Keaton, not merely a foil but a gifted comedienne in her own right. Other Keaton films contain more laughs and inspired comic stunts, but none combines romance, adventure and comedy into a solid story as seamlessly as this silent masterpiece. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Buster Keaton-College | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Coming hard on the heels of Keaton's comic masterpiece The General this was a relaxing romp in both setting and approach after the exacting precision of the American Civil War comic-drama. Those knowledgable of silent comedy may wish to compare it with Harold Lloyd's earlier The Freshman.

• Buster Keaton-Battling Butler | DVD | (15/02/2010) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Buster Keaton stars as Alfy butler a rich halfwit whose father sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip to make a man of him. He unwittingly becomes embroiled in prizefighting and is pitted against the world champion.

• The Buster Keaton Box | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD box set includes: The Electric House - 1922 The Boat - 1921 The Paleface - 1922 The Frozen North - 1922 The Playhouse - 1921 Cops - 1922 The Balloonatic - 1923 The Scarecrow - 1920 One Week - 1920

• College | DVD | (20/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.94

• Our Hospitality/Sherlock, Jr. | DVD | (23/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.94

• Saphead | DVD | (20/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.94

• The General | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A train engineer is turned down when he tries to join the confederate army during the civil war because his job is deemed too important. But when his train is stolen by union soldiers he finds himself in the war after all...

• Buster Keaton - Vol. 1 | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £16.08   |  Saving you £9.17 (61.88%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Our Hospitality / 1923: Keaton plays a New Yorker who returns to his roots in the South and finds himself involved in a feud between his family and that of the woman he loves. Packed with superb visuals and sight gags including a train journey which has to be seen to be believed. Sherlock Jnr. / 1924: A mild mannered theatre projectionist dreams of becoming a great detective when he enters the film he is projecting. This is one of Keaton's finest masterpieces which within its

• Buster Keaton - Vol. 6 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  CollegeKeaton stars as Ronald an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning but finds himself instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the love of his coed Mary. More than he had in any other feature Keaton stretched the boundaries of solo physical comedy.Pale FaceIn this hilarious gag-bound short Buster helps a Native American tribe in defending their land from greedy developers.BlacksmithThis hilari

• Buster Keaton - Vol. 7 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Go WestA fascinating alternative to the manic stunt work and elaborate sight gags that distinguish the films of Buster Keaton Go West offers a rare and satisfying glimpse of his talent for more expressive comedy: charming moments of intimate humor flavoured with rich pathos.Hard LuckSight gags a galore Hard Luck (which Keaton named as his favourite short work) follows a suicidal Buster as he makes a final effort at fitting in with society at a swank country club.

• Buster Keaton - Vol. 8 | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  The GeneralBased on a true incident in the American Civil War Keaton plays an engineer determined to recapture his stolen locomotive 'The General' and his girl friend captured by Union soldiers. Often voted one of the best films ever made and said to be Keaton's own favourite this beautifully crafted film has solid scripting meticulous attention to detail magnificent battle scenes and ingenious stunt work.The Electric HouseIn this classic short Buster turns an o

• Steamboat Bill, Jr. | DVD | (26/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.36

  Steamboat Bill Jr dates from 1928 and is the last great film Buster Keaton made before he gave up his independence and signed for MGM. Buster is the rather fey son of an elderly steamboat owner who is being driven out of business by a wealthy competitor. More by accident than intention Buster turns things around and gets the girl as well. The last 15 minutes are truly astonishing: a storm sequence in which a whole town is blown apart, with Buster experiencing a series of amazing escapes as buildings fall down around his ears. On the DVD: The print is a good one, best seen in the 4:3 ration, with unobtrusive organ music added. As a nautical extra there's The Boat, a 1921 short (the print not in such a good state as the feature), in which in the course of launching his newly built craft Buster manages to wreck his house, tip his car into the river and sink the boat. And that's only the beginning. --Ed Buscombe

• Three Ages | DVD | (23/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.36