Here are some of the landmarks. ‘The Playhouse’ (1921) The use of doubling goes all the way back to the silent era in this Buster Keaton short in which the protagonist, played by the ...

I loved Alec Guinness. Oh, and Buster Keaton. Oh my God, Buster Keaton!" It's impossible not to see a hint of Buster Keaton in Pierce's famous ironing board scene from "Frasier": Pierce said ...

Here, the long take has often been used as a mark of authenticity for the amazing feats of practical performers, whether this is the wild stunts or camera trickery of Buster Keaton, the balletic ...

The theatre, which opened in May 1905, hosted entertainers like Buster Keaton, Louise Dresser, and Harry Houdini. Montgomery’s park survived for only five years, closing in 1909. The buildings ...

Buster Keaton did it back in 1921 by exposing only a portion of the film on each take. We looked back at some of the most memorable movie doubles and explained how they were done. Have an ...

Think of it like Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman’s “The General,” if you weren’t asked to root for the slave-owning Confederates.

In limiting cameos to a single appearance for a single scene, we'll rule out some frequently mentioned "cameos" like Mike ...

Keaton wasn’t the first person to play Batman in a theatrically released movie, but he was the first in a quick succession of various live-action Batman titles that Warner Bros. has kept pumping ...

Portraits of the honorees, who have made "transformative contributions to the United States," will be added to the permanent ...

Jenna Ortega may well be the face of her generation. As she begins to explore directing and producing, she could also emerge ...

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg was among the 2025 recipients of the Portrait of a Nation Award. Evan Mulling / National Portrait Gallery The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced ...