By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of
the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The
Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest
ranked silent on the American Film Institute's survey of the 100
greatest films. Before Keaton ventured into longer works, however,
he had honed his skills as an actor, writer, and director of short
films produced in the early 1920s. In Buster Keaton s Silent
Shorts: 1920-1923, James L. Neibaur and Terri Niemi provide a
film-by-film assessment of these brilliant two-reelers. The authors
discuss the significance of each short The High Sign, One Week,
Convict 13, The Scarecrow, Neighbors, The Haunted House, Hard Luck,
The Goat, The Playhouse, The Boat, The Paleface, Cops, My Wife s
Relations, The Blacksmith, Frozen North, Daydreams, The Electric
House, The Balloonatic, and The Love Nest to the Keaton
filmography, as well as each film s importance to cinema. Offering
a clear and in-depth perspective on these 19 films, the authors
explain what makes these shorts effective and why they re funny.
Buster Keaton s Silent Shorts will enlighten both scholars and
casual fans alike about the early work produced by one of cinema's
most gifted comedians and filmmakers."
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