Savvy showman Joe Keaton liked the nickname, which has stuck for more than 100 years. Keaton himself verified the origin of his nickname "Buster", given to him by Houdini, when at the age of three, fell down a flight of stairs and was picked up and dusted off by Houdini, who said to Keaton's father Joe, also nearby, that the fall was 'a buster'. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend, illusionist Harry Houdini. Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing.
At her home he meets her father-he is the police chief, and he furiously chases Buster all over the apartment complex. While on the run, Buster encounters the same young woman he assisted earlier, who invites him to dinner. He runs from the persistent police chief, inadvertently causing mischief all over the town. The gunman's bullets miss the officer, but the smoking gun ends up in Buster's hand. The townspeople run from him in terror wherever he goes.īuster is once again in the wrong place at the wrong time when the police chief on his patrol is ambushed by a gangster. Unfortunately for Buster, the town has heard of Dan's escape, and newspapers and wanted posters with Buster's picture are everywhere. He escapes by hopping onto a train going to a nearby town. After walking away, Buster runs into the officers who had chased him earlier. Buster defends the woman and throws the man to the ground. Buster lures them into the back of a truck, locks them in, and escapes.Īfterwards, Buster sees a man arguing with a young woman walking her dog. It strikes a policeman, who chases Buster, and soon other officers join the chase. After scrambling to find the horseshoe, Buster picks it up and throws over his shoulder. Within seconds the man finds a wallet filled with money. The next man who comes along picks it up and throws it for good luck. Unaware, Buster moves on to a street corner, where he notices a horseshoe, and kicks it aside. Thus, when Dan escapes, the wanted posters all show Buster with his hands on the bars. Seeing that the photographer is looking away, Dan moves his head to the side and snaps a picture of Buster without anybody noticing. The photographer does not notice that the lens is covered by Dan's cap. Next Buster Keaton peers through a barred window into a police station where captured murderer "Dead Shot Dan" is having his picture taken for the "Rogue's Gallery". By the time he spots his mistake the bread is finished.
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This short contains one of Keaton's more memorable images: A distant, speeding train approaches the camera, and stops with a close-up of Keaton who has been sitting on the front of the train.īuster joins a queue for free bread but does not note that he is standing behind two unmoving mannequins. The Goat is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton.
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