{"id":50178,"date":"2025-10-17T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=50178"},"modified":"2025-10-17T00:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:21:20","slug":"the-buster-keaton-show-1949-liberation-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/17\/the-buster-keaton-show-1949-liberation-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buster Keaton Show (1949) [Liberation Hall]\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now available on Blu-ray from Liberation Hall\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Buster Keaton was a huge star at one point during his illustrious career, making audiences\u00a0far and wide\u00a0laugh regularly. Here, the set at hand presents 9 episodes of his television show, 2 short films,\u00a0and a few other elements. To be honest, this show will appeal to fans of Keaton, or\u00a0possibly only\u00a0to super fans of his. There is something here that is historically\u00a0important,\u00a0but if someone is not already into this man\u2019s antics, getting into them is not something this set will do for them. Here the humor is dated at best,\u00a0mostly pitfalls, and not at the height of the man\u2019s capacities.\u00a0Watching the set in one sitting may not have been the best of ideas\u00a0here,\u00a0but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0how it could be reviewed best amongst the insanity of these last few months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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That being said, there\u00a0is some fun to be had\u00a0here,\u00a0and the short films are much more interesting than the television show itself. The acting is ok, the cinematography does what it can, and the sound is a bit messy. Which is one of the main gripes\u00a0is that the images are not as\u00a0well restored\u00a0as they could\u00a0be\u00a0and the sound on some of the episodes is downright horrible with background noise that\u00a0likely could\u00a0have been cleaned up by a sound specialist.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0really bad\u00a0at times and those with noise sensitivity should\u00a0probably abstain\u00a0from watching this set.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an effort to not completely be negative here, this review will be kept below the usual number of words and end on the fact that fans of Buster Keaton should like this and should enjoy the fact that never before available elements are now available to the public. Overall, the quality here is a bit lacking and not up-to-par with recent re-releases for other series from the era.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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