Título: Buster Keaton
Seção: 1940s and feature films
Background: Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". His career declined afterward with a dispiriting loss of his artistic independence when he was hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and he descended into alcoholism, ruining his family life.

Conteúdo: Keaton's personal life had stabilized with his 1940 marriage, and now he was taking life a little easier, abandoning Columbia for the less strenuous field of feature films. Throughout the 1940s, Keaton played character roles in both "A" and "B" features. He made his last starring feature El Moderno Barba Azul (1946) in Mexico; the film was a low budget production, and it may not have been seen in the United States until its release on VHS in the 1980s, under the title Boom in the Moon. Critics rediscovered Keaton in 1949 and producers occasionally hired him for bigger "prestige" pictures. He had cameos in such films as In the Good Old Summertime (1949), Sunset Boulevard (1950), and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). In In The Good Old Summertime, Keaton personally directed the stars Judy Garland and Van Johnson in their first scene together where they bump into each other on the street. Keaton invented comedy bits where Johnson keeps trying to apologize to a seething Garland, but winds up messing up her hairdo and tearing her dress.  Keaton also had a cameo as Jimmy, appearing near the end of the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Jimmy assists Spencer Tracy's character, Captain C. G. Culpepper, by readying Culpepper's ultimately-unused boat for his abortive escape. (The restored version of that film, released in 2013, contains a restored scene where Jimmy and Culpeper talk on the telephone. Lost after the comedy epic's "roadshow" exhibition, the audio of that scen

user: What type of Films where used in the 1940's

assistant: Throughout the 1940s, Keaton played character roles in both "A" and "B" features.

user: What are a and b features?

assistant: starring feature El Moderno Barba Azul (1946) in Mexico; the film was a low budget production,

user: What films were produced in the 1940's?

assistant: Good Old Summertime (1949),

user: Any other titles from the 1940's that you like to tell me about?

assistant: El Moderno Barba Azul (1946)

user: Where there any challenges to film making during this period?

assistant: Critics rediscovered Keaton in 1949 and producers occasionally hired him for bigger "prestige" pictures.

user: Who else worked with keaton?

assistant: Keaton personally directed the stars Judy Garland and Van Johnson in their first scene together where they bump into each other on the street.

user: Interesting. Is there anyone else?

assistant: Jimmy assists Spencer Tracy's character, Captain C. G. Culpepper, by readying Culpepper's ultimately-unused boat for his abortive escape. (

user: Who else?

assistant: comedian Ed Wynn invited Keaton to appear on his CBS Television comedy-variety show, The Ed Wynn Show,

user: Was Keaton good at his job?

assistant: Critics rediscovered Keaton in 1949 and producers occasionally hired him for bigger "prestige" pictures.

user: Which feature films were considered "prestige" ?

assistant: Good Old Summertime (1949),