There’s a Reason You’ve Heard of Buster Keaton

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“Buster Keaton must get to his true love and be wed by 7pm or lose a fortune. Several hundred disappointed brides and rolling boulders stand in his way. From “Seven Chances” (1925)”


[Buster Keaton chased by brides & boulders. “Seven Chances” (1925)] (Viewer #3,457)

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  2. From “My Wonderful World of Slapstick” by Buster Keaton:

    Early in 1921 I broke my leg while making a two-reeler called The Electric House. . .
    …
    Breaking my leg, needless to say, had come as a shock to me . I took it almost as a personal insult. Yet I’d had a pretty bad scare while making One Week, the first two-reeler I’d starred in. [After filming a scene where he fell from a second-story door,] my left elbow had swelled to double its normal size. I could not even get my jacket on. My other elbow, my back, and both arms were also swelling up fast.
    …
    A few years later I broke my neck while making Sherlock, Jr. But I did not even know about it until long afterward.
    …
    Conditioning is the one thing, I suppose, that can enable a man to walk around that he has a broken neck. While making another feature comedy, The Navigator, I was almost strangled while experimenting with a new deep-sea diver’s suit.

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