Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Buster Keaton -- Royalty Voices Approval of Buster -- July 19, 2023

Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923

"Buster Keaton will make a series of three five-reel super-comedies for Metro, the first of which is Three Ages."

Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923

Meanwhile, First National was still advertising his two-reel comedies.

Motion Picture News, 14-July-1923

The London premier of Three Ages raised money for war hospitals through the Queen's Charities. The Prime Minister of the UK and the President of France had private screenings.

Film Daily, 07-July-1923

Buster's next production, "a costume comedy drama of pre-Civil War days running to seven reels," would be Our Hospitality

Motion Picture News, 14-July-1923

The California State Labor Commission and the Los Angeles police were looking into fake "movie schools" that preyed on gullible people who wanted to break into the film industry. 

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