Camera Man: Buster Keaton, The Dawn Of Cinema, And The Invention Of The Twentieth Century - 9781501134203

They were calling it the Twentieth Century -- "She is a little animal, surely" -- "He's my son, and I'll break his neck any way I want to" -- "The locomotive of juveniles" -- A little hell-raising Huck Finn -- The boy who couldn't be damaged -- "Make me laugh, Keaton" -- Speed mania in the kingdom of shadows -- Pancakes at Childs -- Comique -- Roscoe -- Brooms -- Mabel at the wheel -- Famous players in famous plays -- Home, made -- Rice, shoes, and real estate -- The shadow stage -- Battle-scarred risibilities -- One for you, one for me -- The "darkie shuffle" -- The collapsing façade -- Grief slipped in -- The road through the mountain -- Not a drinker, a drunk -- Old times -- The coming thing in entertainment -- Coda: Eleanor.

• | Author: Dana Stevens
• | Publisher: Atria
• | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1501134205
• | ISBN-13: 9781501134203