Tag: Buster Keaton celebration

“Dignity. Always dignity.” In the musical “Singing in the Rain,” Gene Kelly’s character utters that line to describe his acting philosophy as the scenes on screen reveal a very different — and very undignified —…

Calling all local filmmakers, dramatic producers, content creators and social media influencers.  The Buster Keaton Festival is offering a film competition this year, awarding prizes for the best short film — and by short, expect…

It’s a scene we’ve all seen: The hero floats down a raging river toward a waterfall and certain doom. Imagine watching something like that for the first time, in a movie on a big screen,…

The return of the Buster Keaton Celebration to Iola also means the return of a special treat for the Iola community — a rediscovered short film that came back to the screen in Iola in…