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In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Buster Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This silent classic contains the famous stunt in which a cyclone blows down a two-story wall over Keaton who passes unharmed through an open window.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingSnap CaseDigitally Mastered from archival printsOriginal musical scoresAlso featuring shortsConvict 13 andDaydreams

Keaton is at the top of his form in SHERLOCK JR., in which he plays a film projectionist turned amateur sleuth in a world with boundless opportunities for physical comedy. OUR HOSPITALITY stars Keaton as a New Yorker returning to his native south only to become embroiled in a long standing, and comedic, family feud.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingDigitally mastered from archival printsScene accessKeep case

Buster Keaton's first feature film. He demonstrates both comic and dramatic skills as he parodies the evils of intolerance in prehistoric times, ancient Rome and in modern times.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingSnap CaseDigitally MasteredOriginal Music ScoreIncludes: THE GOAT and MY WIFE'S RELATIONS

A wealthy ne'er-do-well tries to pass himself off as a dashing playboy in order to evoke the interest of a lady, but the ploy backfires when his disgusted father disinherits him. Only by becoming a self-made man can he satisfy both his family and his beloved. Silent with piano score.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingSnap CaseDigitally MasteredOriginal Musical ScoreIncludes: ONE WEEK and THE HIGH SIGN

Ricki Lake plays Baby Cakes, a woman who falls in love with a subway motorman and stops at nothing to win him over from his fiance in this comedy of extremes.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull ScreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection

Prom night at Hoover High, sometime in the 1980s...Snobby Patrice (Christina Applegate) is positive she will be named Prom Queen, so her and her boyfriend, Roger (Matthew Perry), are throwing an all-nighter at her house. Meanwhile, slimy Kevin (Brian Bloom) dumps his girlfriend, Shelley (Alyssa Milano), in favor of supposedly easy future bible school student Angela (Tracey Gold). Elsewhere, Shelley is at the movies, where she runs into school dork Dan (Chris Young), and the two find they actually have something in common. This madcap made-for-TV classic features a handful of young stars in a dayglo time capsule sure to amuse anyone who lived through the decade of greed, Reagan, and MTV.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull ScreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection

Sophisticated, satiric, and at times surreal, Charley Chase was a master of situation comedies, concentrating on the frustrations of everyday life in a way to which audiences could relate. Centering around situations that anyone could find themselves in, his plots built towards increasingly absurd situations, with Chase showing himself time and time again to be a charming, carefree comic genius. SLAPSTICK SYMPOSIUM presents a collection of rare shorts that are sure to entertain.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33

Buster Keaton was one of the most loved comedians to come out of the silent era, known for his impassive expression that he maintained through the most outlandish of antics. Born into a family of comedians who traveled and performed with the great magician Harry Houdini, who dubbed the young Keaton Buster after the tyke fell down a flight of stairs and emerged unscathed, Keaton was performing alongside his parents by the age of four. He went on to make a name for himself in film, first with Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and then with with his own Buster Keaton Productions. Though after he signed a contract with MGM he was eventually relegated to sidekick status, Keaton was rediscovered late in life and received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1959.On KEATON PLUS, a collection of rare, lesser-known, and restored works has been gathered, along with an interactive tour of film locations hosted by film historian John Bengston. Including commercials, home movie footage of Keaton on the set and in Paris, tributes hosted by Lillian Gish, Orson Welles, and Gloria Swanson, and the short films Ten Girls Ago, Hard Luck, Daydreams, and The Love Nest, among many others, this is a treasure trove of previously unseen material that further fleshes out one of the greatest comedians and film stars to ever live.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Widescreen - 2.35Text/Photo Gallery: Family photos Vaudeville Portraits Production stills Special effects The Later Years