We asked Buster to five us a portrait of himself in which he “cracked a smile,” but he said he couldn’t take the risk, that it might crack the loyalty of his fans if they knew he could look other than solemn and cynical. He’s now making Seven Chances, which will be reproduced on the screen in color
Photography by Melbourne Spurr. Motion Picture Magazine, February 1925. Internet Archive.
Fatty himself, arrayed in cook’s cap and apron, banged away on the drum.
Picture-Play Magazine, December 1918. Internet Archive.
Buster Keaton autographs a photo for an admirer in Film Fun, January 1921. Internet Archive.
Exhibitor’s Herald, February 26, 1921. Internet Archive.
Roscoe Arbuckle and friends in Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1918. Internet Archive.
Motion Picture Classic, May 1929. Internet Archive.
Buster Keaton on taking falls, Picture-Play Magazine, July 1921. Internet Archive.
Buster Keaton in Exhibitor’s Trade Review, September 24, 1921. Internet Archive.
The Buster Keaton family album. Please click here to zoom in and read the captions. Motion Picture Magazine, August 1928.
Buster Keaton in The Blue Book of the Screen. Internet Archive.
Buster Keaton, Picture-Play Magazine, July 1921. Internet Archive.
Picture-Play Magazine, October 1918. Internet Archive.
Buster Keaton believes misfortune would come to him if he didn’t wear the little flat pancake hat!
Photoplay, December 1924. Internet Archive.
