Caught on Film - How Buster Keaton Made The Cameraman - Score by Jon Mirsalis

#BusterKeaton - links below. Not just all the locations, Caught On Film shows Buster losing his studio, moving to M-G-M, the studio backlots, and his rented bungalow just outside. Hidden details also capture how filming at long-familiar locales, and near where he had once worked happily with mentor/best friend Roscoe Arbuckle, must have given Keaton some comfort during this difficult transition in life.
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Score © 2024 Jon C. Mirsalis - lonchaney.org/
Check out the beautiful Criterion Collection Blu-ray of The Cameraman, including Daniel Raim’s Time Travelers documentary featuring Marc Wanamaker and yours truly. www.criterion....
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Buster filmed a rain scene on the Santa Monica Pier, but they never show the pier during the film. A tourist captured home movies of Buster filming in NYC at City Hall Park. A “lost” fragment of the film shows Buster filming at the newly-opened Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim English Channel. For more details and trivia visit SilentLocations.com for numerous posts about The Cameraman - silentlocation...
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[@jac1503101]

Magnificent.

[@StuRap]

Loved this, and seeing that some of the buildings in the shots remain today is lovely.

[@oNeGiAnTLiE]

Fantastic!

[@jessiev7322]

Love this!

[@GEllis-lv1kt]

Marvelous, John. Thank you for all you've done for Buster's fans over these many years.

[@craigbartock6701]

These videos are great. I had a studio in the bank building on the corner of Hollywood and Cahuenga for years and probably walked past the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley a hundred times and never knew what a treasure it was until I started watching these videos….and the movies associated with it have been some of my favorites for quite some time. Keep up the good work!

[@motor8654]

Always great to see a new video. The side by sides are the easiest to follow without having to keep pausing. A wonderful journey. It would be great to see their (Keaton-Chaplin-Lloyd) homes, and graves.

[@ltcolumbo9708]

Who else is covering and doing stories about movies made hundred years ago? Thank God for you John..

[@bonovoz71]

Once again, thank you so much for posting your videos. I'm currently reading James Curtis' book on Buster. An excellent read.

[@pata299]

OUTstanding!

[@cynthiamachado7915]

It is sad to see how much these cities have changed, ugh, progress. I am glad he filmed where he felt the most comfortable during this time (memories of Roscoe 😢), plus he had so much going on in his life. It was such a shame he was not given a dressing room while employed at MGM. I do believe the apartment was also his home away from home at times. I am just so happy to see another new video from you Mr. Bergtson, great job and thank you for your hard work.

[@SilentLocationsbyJohnBengtson]

Buster chose to "reside" outside of MGM. Louis B Mayer later insisted Keaton employ a dressing room inside the studio instead. Buster called his custom-built dressing room "Keaton's Kennel," a subtle dig at Mayer. I have a blog post showing where the Kennel once stood wp.me/p11nfB-3jC

[@cynthiamachado7915]

@@SilentLocationsbyJohnBengtson I forgot about the “Keaton Kennel”. I’ve read that years later before he left MGM Buster nearly destroyed said place after a drunken episode, because of his ongoing battles with Mayer and just upset at how his life turned out. I guess that is why he bought the home on wheels and proceeded to have it parked on the MGM lot. That is until Mayer threw him off the lot and fired him. Poor Buster 😢.

[@kali3665]

As always, a fantastic job! I live in Santa Monica (still) so it's always fun seeing my city from so long ago. Pretty much, the only location still around from when Buster was at the Santa Monica Pier is the Louff Carousel. Which can also be seen in The Sting. But they had to cover the windows since it was supposed to be Chicago, and the Pacific Ocean would be a very odd thing to see from Chicago. I didn't get that when I first saw The Sting since I was about 12 years old, and so I never could figure out how everyone got to California so fast. 🤣🤣 Fun fact (at 5:52) : Between the Carousel and what used to be the bowling alley is a passageway, where you can find a stairwell. At that point is where Hooker (Robert Redford) meets Billie (Eileen Brennan) in The Sting. The stairwell is still around too.

[@SilentLocationsbyJohnBengtson]

Thanks for sharing The Sting stairwell. I find it fascinating Buster filmed on a pier, but the shots never show they were on a pier. Maybe it was the easiest way to film a tracking shot in the rain.

[@lauriesolis1074]

I ❤ this! Thank you 😊

[@BaltoJoey]

My only complaint is that the pictures flashed too quickly. Several times I had to rewind the scenes! PS: But I still gave it a thumbs uo. ;-)

[@oNeGiAnTLiE]

One can slow down playback speed on substantially YT. Need to turn down volume tho kuz it sounds poor in slo mo

[@annxeneize]

Fantastic!