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The General is a 1926 American silent Western slapstick romantic action comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger.
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 ...
The 1926 film The General starring Buster Keaton may be the first action comedy film. [4] Other early forms of action comedy films were swashbuckler films from the 1930s. Allmovie wrote that its "stars combined wit and one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring
The General (Forester novel), a work about a World War I general by C. S. Forester; The General (Muchamore novel), a novel in the CHERUB book series by Robert Muchamore; The General (series), a series of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling; The General (Sillitoe novel), a World War II novel by Alan Sillitoe
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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 is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase , a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War . The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger .
A Southern Yankee is a 1948 American comedy western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy and Arlene Dahl.. The film is loosely based on Buster Keaton's The General (1926).