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The General was co-directed by Clyde Bruckman (pictured), who was a friend and collaborator of Keaton. In early 1926, Keaton's collaborator Clyde Bruckman told him about William Pittenger's 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase about the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase. Keaton was a huge fan of trains and had read the book. [3]
English: The General is a 1926 American silent film starring Buster Keaton. Français : Le Mécano de la « General » (1926), film américain réalisé par Buster Keaton et Clyde Bruckman . Il s'agit du premier film à être sélectionné par la bibliothèque du Congrès pour son « importance culturelle, historique ou esthétique » et à ...
Six of his films have been included in the National Film Registry, making him one of the most honored filmmakers on that list: One Week (1920), Cops (1922), Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr., and The Cameraman (both 1928) [106] A 1957 film biography, The Buster Keaton Story, starring Donald O'Connor as Keaton was ...
The General (1926) – silent film inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War [210] The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) – silent Western film based on the actual foiling of a train robbery by Dick Gordon [ 211 ]
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