At the start of the Civil War, Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Later, after Union spies capture his two loves - Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) and his locomotive, "the General" - Johnny sets out to rescue both, and to prove to Anabelle Lee that he isn't a coward after all. Directed by Buster Keaton. Categories: Comedy, Romance, War, Action, Silent Film. Year: 1927
Joe Keaton in The General
Horace Greely (Buster Keaton) is a hapless young man who leaves the big city to start a new life out west. After falling off a train near a ranch, Horace makes hopeless attempts at cattle wrangling and dairy farming before falling in love with a cow named Brown Eyes. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Howard Truesdale and Kathleen Myers. Categories: Comedy, Silent Film. Year: 1925.
Joe Keaton in Go West
A projectionist (Buster Keaton) who is studying to be a detective, proposes to his true love (Kathryn McGuire), only to have his rival (Ward Crane) frame him for the theft of her father's watch. The disappointed young projectionist returns to his job and while projecting the film, and dreams that he is Sherlock Holmes looking for some stolen pearls. Directed by Buster Keaton. Categories: Comedy, Short, Romance, Fantasy, Silent Film. Year: 1924.
Joe Keaton in Sherlock Jr.
Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) returns to his Appalachian homestead in 1830's America to claim a family inheritance. But, after falling for a young woman (Natalie Talmadge) he meets on the trip, he finds himself in the middle of a longtime family feud. Directed by Buster Keaton. Categories: Comedy, Family, Silent Film. Year: 1923.
Joe Keaton in Our Hospitality
While playing golf, Buster Keaton knocks himself out with an errant shot and wakes up to find that an escaped convict has traded clothes with him. Once in prison, he learns that he is to be hanged. He eventually changes clothes with a guard just as prisoner rebellion begins. Directed by Buster Keaton. Categories: Comedy, Short, Silent Film. Year: 1920.
Joe Keaton in Convict 13
In this short, two farmhands (Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts) share a cottage full of mechanical devices designed to make their lives easier. As part of his rivalry with Roberts for the farmer's daughter (Sybil Seely), Keaton disguises himself as a scarecrow and causes trouble for his roommate and the farmer (Joe Keaton). But, when Keaton stops to tie his shoe, the girl accepts what she thinks is his kneeling proposal. Directed by Buster Keaton. Categories: Comedy, Short, Silent Film. Year: 1920.
Joe Keaton in The Scarecrow