Today is Buster Keaton's birthday. That's him in old age next to a photo of himself as a child performer in vaudeville.I recently read The Fall of Buster Keaton by Joseph Neibauer, about Keaton's career after he lost his creative independence in 1928. The book is a reasonable survey of his work at Educational, Columbia, MGM and in television, but it needed a stronger editorial hand. Quotes and phrases are repeated and the book often degenerates into summaries of the films.
I'm am looking forward to reading Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy by Imogen Sara Smith. The book got a very good review at Greenbriar Picture Shows.
It's amazing that 115 years after his birth and more than 80 years after his best work, Keaton continues to fascinate.
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