Throwback Thursday—Buster Keaton signs this promo pic for “Spite Marriage." - “To Tiempo de Cine team with my best wishes—Regards, Buster Keaton.”

This Day in Buster... July 8, 1928 The Kansas City Journal prints this promotional photo of Buster Keaton and Marion Byron for "Steamboat Bill Jr." #oldhollywood #silentfilm

#WIPWednesday Behind the scenes of “Doughboys,” 1930. Buster Keaton looks lost in contemplation as fellow cast member Cliff Edwards offers some direction. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… July 7, 1930 “Estrellados,” the Spanish-language version of "Free and Easy,” opens in the U.S. Buster Keaton shot the movie with a new cast & spoke Spanish phonetically from what he described as “idiot boards,” which were just off-set. (with Raquel Torres)

This Day in Buster… July 6, 1867 Joseph Hallie Keaton, father of Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton, was born in Dog Walk, Prairie Creek Township, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. Here’s to Buster’s Pop, master of the high kick! #oldhollywood

Movie Monday—Buster Keaton’s “Stone Face” was far more mobile in the Comique days, and 1917’s “Oh Doctor!” is an especially good example of that! Buster goes through a whole range of emotions at the hands of Roscoe Arbuckle, his doctor father.

This Day in Buster… July 5, 1941 The Brooklyn Citizen announces Buster Keaton will be opening at the Brighton Theatre for a run of “The Gorilla." He and Harry Gribbon play detectives in this comedic mystery play—both seen together in “The Cameraman” 13 years before. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

Sign up for our annual in-person Buster Keaton convention where we celebrate the centenary of "Battling Butler" and “The General” and much, much more! Friday and Saturday, October 2nd & 3rd in Muskegon, MI. buff.ly/PyG11WT for more details. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

Saturday Captions: Caption this photo of Buster Keaton, Mary O'Brien, and Francis McDonald having a stand-off in "Battling Butler," 1926. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… July 4 Happy 4th of July to those Damfinos who celebrate Independence Day. (Clip of Buster Keaton & Kathryn McGuire in "The Navigator," 1924.) #oldhollywood #silentfilm

Buster Keaton in "Grand Slam Opera," 1936. It was Buster's favorite of the Educational Pictures. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… July 3, 1926 Buster Keaton screened a preview of “Battling Butler” to capacity crowds for the town of Cottage Grove during filming of “The General.” (Both of which will be shown at our convention in October) #oldhollywood #silentfilm

Throwback Thursday: An animation challenge from Film Fun, May 1922. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… July 2, 1922 The Democrat & Chronicle states of “My Wife’s Relations”—"It is said that the picture ends with an exciting acrobatic feat that has not been equaled in Buster’s previous 'stunts.'" However, the scene was missing in the version most fans know today.

This Day in Buster… July 1, 1918 “Good Night, Nurse!” Buster Keaton’s tenth film under Roscoe Arbuckle’s Comique Studios makes its debut. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

#WIPWednesday Buster Keaton & wife Eleanor on the set of “The Silent Partner." Also pictured, as if you could miss him, is Joe E. Brown. #oldhollywood

TV Tuesday—Buster appeared on the Canadian show "Flashback" on October 10, 1965, while he was in Toronto shooting his final film, "The Scribe." Here he talks about how he accomplished his famous falling house-front stunt for Steamboat Bill, Jr.

This Day in Buster… June 30, 1929 The Hartford Courant prints this illustration advertising “Spite Marriage” as a sound picture! It was accompanied by a soundtrack with sound effects but was not a true sound picture as Buster Keaton had intended it to be. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

June 29, 1924 Indianapolis Star interviews Buster Keaton on custard pies: “There is no nobler spectacle in the film field than a corpulent custard pie sailing with stately dignity toward the receptive open face that is its natural destination and arriving there with that artistic flourish."

Movie Monday: “Doughboys,” 1930, draws on many of Buster Keaton’s experiences while serving in France at the end of the First World War. #oldhollywood #damfino

Sign up for our annual in-person Buster Keaton convention where we celebrate the centenary of "Battling Butler" and “The General” and much, much more! Friday and Saturday, October 2nd & 3rd in Muskegon, MI. buff.ly/PyG11WT for more details.

This Day in Buster… June 28, 1940 Buster Keaton is the owner of “Keaton’s Snappy Hats,” which gets embroiled in a jewel theft in “Taming of the Snood." Released today by Columbia Pictures. #oldhollywood

Buster Keaton is “The Goat” in this 1921 short with Virginia Fox; he’s a scapegoat, mistaken for criminal Dead Shot Dan, and on the run from the cops. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… June 27, 1932 Buster Keaton is due in port in San Francisco on his way home after gifting his wife, Natalie, a yacht. The vessel was intended to be named after her and was intended to appease her after a marital disagreement. #oldhollywood

Saturday Captions: Caption this photo of Buster Keaton and Viola Dana. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… June 26, 1960 The Sacramento Bee proudly announces Buster Keaton will perform at the Sacramento Civic Theatre as part of a tour of “Once Upon a Mattress.” Buster was fittingly cast as the king. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… June 25, 1917 The Comique group, Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John & Buster Keaton, and Josephine Stevens get roughhousing in “The Rough House,” released 109 years ago today. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

Throwback Thursday—Japanese Menko card sheet of Old Hollywood film stars (1948). #oldhollywood #silentfilm

WIP Wednesday - BTS photos for "Splash," 1931. Nine famous swimming stars were cast for a swimming & diving short with Buster Keaton and Anita Page. Buster Crabbe, Georgia Coleman, Dutch Smith, Johnny Wiley, and the girls' relay team Josephine McKim, Olive Hatch, Jennie Cramer, and Margaret Lowe.

This Day in Buster… June 24, 1949 The Ponca City News shares this photo with the caption, "Sen. Wherry holds up his hand as if to ward off a lemon meringue pie held by Buster Keaton. But Sen. Schoeppel looks as if he knows it is all a gag. The picture was made in senate dining room at Washington.

This Day in Buster… June 23, 1940 The Tampa Tribune prints this dramatic shot of Buster Keaton in “The Villain Still Pursued Her.” #oldhollywood

TV Tuesday - Simon Pure Beer commercial with Buster Keaton from 1962. #oldhollywood

Movie Monday - Buster Keaton is “The Paleface,” 1922. Accidentally involving himself in a fight between Native Americans and oil magnates determined to steal their land. First, he runs, then brings a resolution that sends capitalism packing. #oldhollywood #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… June 22, 1952 In an interview in the Chicago Tribune, Buster Keaton mentions “Paradise for Buster,” an industrial film made for the John Deere Company. #oldhollywood

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This Day in Buster… June 21, 1958 Buster Keaton appears in the pilot episode of the British TV series "The Adventures of Mr. Pastry,” starring Richard Hearne. It was filmed in 1955 but shelved after Buster returned to the US, it’s thought, due to the death of his mother, Myra.

This Day in Buster… June 20, 1929 “The Hollywood Revue” is released by MGM and opens in Los Angeles. Buster Keaton’s bit was a re-enactment of the Princess Rajah routine of his army days. #oldhollywood #damfino

Saturday Captions: Caption these three stars from MGM's "The Hollywood Revue of 1929," Marion Davies, George K. Arthur, and Buster Keaton, dressed for the popular "Singin' in the Rain" number. #oldhollywood

June 19, 1921 The Baltimore Sun reports that in a recent election in Los Angeles, Buster Keaton received 3 votes for council from admirers. "Buster says the votes were unsolicited. 'Gee, I guess I'll become a politician. I should be able to double that vote if I took the stump.' "

Throwback Thursday—Buster Keaton at a luncheon for MGM's 25th anniversary in 1949. Buster between Claude Jarman Jr. and Lassie the dog (who had a more comfortable-looking seat). #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… June 18, 1922 The Atlantic City Sunday Gazette prints this profile pic of Buster Keaton ahead of showing “The High Sign.” #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

The Cottage Grove Historical Society's 2026 Buster Keaton Convention celebrates the 100th anniversary of The General! You can join them for 3 days of fun and explore the places where Buster and his crew spent the summer of 1926! For more information visit: buff.ly/2D2vmxj

WIP Wednesday—Buster Keaton & actor Ugo Tognazzi on the set of Italian comedy 'L'incantevole Nemica,' 1953. Buster was appearing at a theater in Milan with Eleanor at the time & made a cameo appearance in the movie in a suitably slapstick bakery routine. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… June 17, 1957 In an interview with Mel Heimer, Buster Keaton expresses an interest in remaking “The Navigator,” with Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in the lead roles. #oldhollywood

TV Tuesday—Buster Keaton accidentally becomes a film star—dashing to the rescue of Evelyn Ankers, who didn’t need saving—but it doesn’t last for him. However, he brings success to Joe E. Brown, who owes it all to his silent partner. #oldhollywood

This Day in Buster… June 16, 1939 “Pest from the West” is released by Columbia Pictures, a two-reel remake of “The Invader,” and the first of his Columbia shorts. It follows the story of a millionaire who visits Mexico, falls in love with a señorita & decides to win her love.

Movie Monday—Buster Keaton goes to "College." 1927 - In possibly one of his least convincing roles, he plays bookish nerd Ronald, who tries to prove himself & get the girl by becoming a sporting hero. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

This Day in Buster… June 15, 1956 The Chicago Tribune reports Buster Keaton was having trouble getting his play, “Hell on Wheels,” on the stage:

This Day in Buster… June 14, 1953 Buster Keaton appears in the Italian film "L'incantevole Nemica"—watch his bakery bit here: youtu.be/fzUIkbfB_E0 #oldhollywood #damfino

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