Buster Keaton: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"He was by his whole style and nature so much the most deeply 'silent' of the silent comedians that even a smile was as deafeningly out of key as a yell...No other comedian could do as much with the dead-pan. He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things; a one track mind near the track’s end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under the wildest of circumstances; how dead a human being can get and still be alive; an awe-inspiring sort of patience and power to endure, proper to granite but uncanny in flesh and blood."''|'''James Agee''', ''LIFE'' magazine (5 September 1949)}}

Things turned around for Keaton in the 1940s. He met and married his third wife, Eleanor Norris, who helped him get his drinking under control and sometimes worked as his partner in comedy routines. This led to Buster's engagement at France's Cirque Medrano, where he drew enthusiastic audiences. A 1949 article by James Agee in ''LIFE'' magazine (see quote above) renewed interest in Keaton, and his career picked up: he starred in a short-lived TV series; guest-starred on other shows, including ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[Route 66]]'', and ''[[Candid Camera]]''; appeared in many commercials; and performed memorable cameos and supporting roles in such films as ''[[In The Good Old Summertime]]'', ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'' (playing himself), ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s ''[[Limelight]]'', ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'', ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', and the [[American International Pictures]] "Beach" movies starring [[Frankie Avalon]] and [[Annette Funicello]]. He lived to see his silent films preserved and reintroduced for a new generation, and received a Career Oscar.

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=== Recurring tropes in Keaton's films: ===

* [[Adorkable]]: His characters are often sold on their endearing ineptitude. And really, just look at his expression(s).