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Alphonso J. "Al" Jennings (November 25, 1863 – December 26, 1961) was an attorney in Oklahoma Territory who at one time robbed trains. He later became a silent film star and made many appearances in films as an actor and technical adviser.
The Railrodder is a 1965 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles, directed and written by Gerald Potterton and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). [1] A 25-minute comedic travelogue of Canada , The Railrodder was also Keaton's final silent film , as the film contains no dialogue and all sound ...
Keaton used six cameras for the train wreck scene, which began four hours late and required several lengthy trial runs. The train wreck of the "Texas" shot cost $42,000, the most expensive single shot in silent-film history. [10] [11] The production company left the wreckage in the riverbed. The locomotive became a minor tourist attraction for ...
In 1994, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld penned a series of silent film stars for the United States Post Office, including Rudolph Valentino and Keaton. [115] Hirschfeld said that modern film stars were more difficult to depict, that silent film comedians such as Laurel and Hardy and Keaton "looked like their caricatures".
Grant is catching a train home when a fight starts in a train station, and he is shot in the back by a police officer. ... accompanied by a silent-movie piano, takes us through the love and ...
The Ghost Train: 1941: The Girl on the Train: 2016: Go West (Marx Bros.) 1940: GoldenEye: 1995: The Great K & A Train Robbery: 1926: The Great Locomotive Chase: 1956 [2] Walt Disney Pictures: The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery: 1966: The Great Train Robbery: 1903: The Greatest Show on Earth: 1952: The Grey Fox: 1982: Grifters: 1990: The ...
Built in the late 1920s by silent film star Harold Lloyd, it remained Lloyd's home until his death in 1971. The estate originally consisted of a 44-room mansion, golf course, outbuildings, and 900-foot (270 m) canoe run on 15 acres (61,000 m 2). Greenacres has been called "the most impressive movie star's estate ever created."
The Buster Keaton Story is a 1957 American biographical drama film directed by Sidney Sheldon and written by Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith, following the life of Buster Keaton. The film stars Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre, Larry Keating and Jackie Coogan. It was released on April 21, 1957, by Paramount Pictures.