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Summary:

The final work over which he maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time. Keaton plays a hapless newsreel cameraman desperate to impress both his new employer and his winsome office crush as he zigzags up and down Manhattan hustling for a scoop.

Contributors:

Sedgwick, Edward, 1892-1953 , film director

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 , actor, film producer

Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955 , screenwriter

Lipton, Lew, 1893-1961 , screenwriter

Day, Marceline , actor

Goodwin, Harold, 1902-1987 , actor

Bracey, Sidney, 1877-1942 , actor

Gribbon, Harry, 1885-1961 , actor

Lanning, Reggie , director of photography

Lessley, Elgin, 1883-1944 , director of photography

Wynn, Hugh , editor of moving image work

Brock, Timothy , composer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Criterion Collection (Firm) , presenter, publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Silent film with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.

Main Work:

Cameraman (Motion picture : 1928)

Included Works:

Cameraman (Motion picture : 1928)

Spite marriage

Time travelers

So funny it hurts

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1033

Alternate Titles:

At head of title: Criterion Collection presents

Subjects:

Photojournalists — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Secretaries — Drama

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) — Drama

Chinese Americans — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Tongs (Secret societies) — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Photojournalists

Secretaries

Chinese Americans

Tongs (Secret societies)

New York (State) — New York

United States

New York (State) — New York — Chinatown

Genres:

Motion pictures

Slapstick comedy films

Silent films

Fiction films

Feature films

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; uncompressed stereo.

Performers:

Cast: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracy, Harry Gribbon.

Production Credits:

Directors of photography, Elgin Lessley and Reggie Lanning ; film editor, Hugh Wynn ; score composed and conducted by Timothy Brock.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: New score by Timothy Brock; audio commentary from 2004 featuring Glenn Mitchell ; Spite marriage (1929), Buster Keaton's next feature for MGM ; Time travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker ; So funny it hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM, a 2004 documentary by film historians Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird ; new interview with James L. Neibaur ; an essay by film critic Imogen Sara Smith.

Audience:

Rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (69 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

CAM 1928 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681437309
1681437309

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515247313
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3158BD

OCLC Numbers:

1152895866