1923年到1929年间,是巴斯特·基顿电影生涯中最辉煌的6年,这6年中,他拍摄了12部长片,每一部都非常成功,他以独特的外型和喜剧表演方式,与查理·卓别林齐名(事实上,由于卓别林在20年代出片频率大大降低,当时最出风头的喜剧演员是基顿和Harold Lloyd)。其中有名作《我们的待客之道》(1923),The Navigator(1924),《Sherlock Jr.》(1924),《将军号》(1926),《Steamboat Bill, Jr.》(1928)和《Cameraman》(1928)。
在《The Navigator》中由于基顿的影片《将军号》和《College》票房不尽人意,从1928年起,Joseph Schenck选择放弃独立制片,全职担任联艺公司的主席,并提议基顿加盟米高梅公司。因为Shenck的兄弟在米高梅作主席,基顿接受了这个让他后悔终身的决定。
在加盟米高梅后,基顿虽然在同年拍出了《Cameraman》这样的经典影片,但是由于丧失了对自己影片的控制,没有了支持他的技术班底,基顿的影片开始进入米高梅的套路中。
作为米高梅的第一位动作喜剧明星,片场其实完全不知道如何利用。尤其是进入有声电影以后,由于片场对制片过程的严格控制,基顿无法像以前一样没有剧本,大胆即兴,而要按照片场的要求使用写好的剧本,在片场拍摄,严格控制预算和拍摄日程,使用特技替身,让基顿不能在影片中像以前那样设计动作喜剧,影片的活力和节奏也大打折扣(基顿酗酒的毛病加重了这一点),逐渐沦为一般的喜剧。
这一特点在片场让基顿和著名笑匠Jimmy Durrant搭档后尤为明显。(事实上片场体系成熟后,传统的棍棒喜剧几乎消失,著名的例外有后来基顿的搭档Eddie Clines在Universal和W.C.Fields合作的系列影片,虽然按照传统的喜剧方式全即兴拍摄,但因为能奇迹般的控制成本,破例获得巨大成功。)
1931年,基顿到欧洲旅游,这次旅行对他影响很大。
1932年,基顿与妻子离婚,他买了一辆巨大的旅行汽车,此后1年间就生活在这辆汽车里,酗酒的恶习逐渐加深,让基顿的身体条件逐渐下降。1933年,在屡次进行戒酒治疗没有效果后,米高梅和基顿解约。而其它公司也因为酗酒问题不愿跟基顿签约,基顿的明星生涯宣告结束。
电影年表
The Butcher Boy (1917)
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
The Rough House (1917)
His Wedding Night (1917)
Oh Doctor! (1917)
Coney Island (1917)
A Country Hero (1917)
Out West (1918)
The Bell Boy (1918)
Moonshine (1918)
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
The Cook (1918)
Back Stage (1919)
The Hayseed (1919)
The Garage (1920)
One Week (1920)
The Round-Up (1920) (uncredited)
The Saphead (1920)
Convict 13 (1920)
The Scarecrow (1920)
Neighbors (1921)
The Haunted House (1921)
Hard Luck (1921)
The High Sign (1921)
The Goat (1921)
The Playhouse (1921)
The Boat (1921)
The Paleface (1922)
Cops]] (1922)
My Wife's Relations (1922)
The Blacksmith (1922)
The Frozen North (1922)
Daydreams (1922)
The Electric House (1922)
The Balloonatic (1923)
The Love Nest (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
The Navigator (1924)
Seven Chances (1925)
The Iron Mule (1925) (uncredited)
Go West (1925)
Battling Butler (1926)
The General (1927)
College (1927)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The Cameraman (1928)
Spite Marriage (1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Free and Easy (1930)
Doughboys (1930)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
Casanova wider Willen (1931)
The Passionate Plumber (Plombier amoureux, Le) (1932)
Speak Easily (1932)
What! No Beer? (1933)
The Gold Ghost (1934)
Allez Oop (1934)
Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)
Palooka from Paducah (1935)
One Run Elmer (1935)
Hayseed Romance (1935)
Tars and Stripes (1935)
The E-Flat Man (1935)
The Timid Young Man (1935)
The Invader (1936)
Three on a Limb (1936)
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
Blue Blazes (1936)
The Chemist (1936)
Mixed Magic (1936)
Jail Bait (1937)
Ditto (1937)
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
Pest from the West (1939)
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
The Taming of the Snood (1940)
New Moon (1940) (uncredited)
The Spook Speaks (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
So You Won't Squawk (1941)
General Nuisance (1941)
She's Oil Mine (1941)
Forever and a Day (1943)
San Diego I Love You (1944)
That's the Spirit (1945)
That Night with You (1945)
She Went to the Races (1945) (uncredited)
God's Country (1946)
Easy to Wed (1946)
Moderno Barba Azul, El (1946)
Colmillo de Buda, El (1949)
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
You're My Everything (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Excuse My Dust (1951) (uncredited)
Paradise for Buster (1952)
Limelight (1952)
L'Incantevole Nemica (1953)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Once Upon a Time, episode of The Twilight Zone (1961)
Ten Girls Ago (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Pajama Party (1964)
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Film (1965)
The Railrodder (1965)
Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
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外文名
Buster Keaton
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别名
Joseph Frank Keaton VI
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性别
男
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血型
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身高
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出生日期
1895-10-04