Buster Keaton Silent Film - Flashcards
What are the 4 films we study by Buster ‘One Week’ (1920)
Keaton and their dates? ‘The Scarecrow’ (1920)
‘The High Sign’ (1921)
‘Cops’ (1922)
Who plays Keaton’s Joe Roberts
housemate/farmhand/rival in ‘The
Scarecrow’?
Who plays Keaton and Roberts’ love Sybil Seeley
interest in ‘The Scarecrow’?
Who played Keaton’s love interest in ‘One Sybil Seeley
Week’?
Who played the piano mover in ‘One Joe Roberts
Week’?
Who plays Miss Nickelnurser in ‘The High Bartine Burkett
Sign’?
Who plays the mayor’s daughter in ‘Cops’? Virginia Fox
Who plays the police chief in ‘Cops’? Joe Roberts
What is the breakfast set-up in ‘The A ‘Rube Goldberg’ machine – it is
Scarecrow’ emblematic of? ‘Goldbergian’ (Rube Goldberg was an
American cartoonist who, since 1912, had
drawn machines making simple tasks
ridiculously complicated)
How is the line “I don’t care how she votes Women gained the vote in all states of the
– I'm going to marry her” link to the social USA in 1920 – farmer and his daughter
context at the time of ‘The Scarecrow’? likely Republican voters (middle class)
whereas farmhands likely Democrats
What is ‘One Week’ a parody of? The Ford film ‘Home Made’ (1919) -
showed the process of buying a kit home
and having it built by constructors
-> Keaton satirises the concept that you
can build a house so quickly + alone
How is ‘One Week’ a parody of ‘Home - Includes a wedding sequence
Made’? - Calendar
- Love heart
Why did Keaton delay the release of ‘The He thought the gags were “too ridiculous
High Sign’? and clever for their own sake” - preferred
simple gags so audience could easily enjoy
them
What is the theory of ‘Cops’ regarding That Keaton’s character may represent the
Arbuckle? innocent Fatty Arbuckle who was
framed/accused of the rape and
manslaughter of Virginia Rappe
What are the 4 films we study by Buster ‘One Week’ (1920)
Keaton and their dates? ‘The Scarecrow’ (1920)
‘The High Sign’ (1921)
‘Cops’ (1922)
Who plays Keaton’s Joe Roberts
housemate/farmhand/rival in ‘The
Scarecrow’?
Who plays Keaton and Roberts’ love Sybil Seeley
interest in ‘The Scarecrow’?
Who played Keaton’s love interest in ‘One Sybil Seeley
Week’?
Who played the piano mover in ‘One Joe Roberts
Week’?
Who plays Miss Nickelnurser in ‘The High Bartine Burkett
Sign’?
Who plays the mayor’s daughter in ‘Cops’? Virginia Fox
Who plays the police chief in ‘Cops’? Joe Roberts
What is the breakfast set-up in ‘The A ‘Rube Goldberg’ machine – it is
Scarecrow’ emblematic of? ‘Goldbergian’ (Rube Goldberg was an
American cartoonist who, since 1912, had
drawn machines making simple tasks
ridiculously complicated)
How is the line “I don’t care how she votes Women gained the vote in all states of the
– I'm going to marry her” link to the social USA in 1920 – farmer and his daughter
context at the time of ‘The Scarecrow’? likely Republican voters (middle class)
whereas farmhands likely Democrats
What is ‘One Week’ a parody of? The Ford film ‘Home Made’ (1919) -
showed the process of buying a kit home
and having it built by constructors
-> Keaton satirises the concept that you
can build a house so quickly + alone
How is ‘One Week’ a parody of ‘Home - Includes a wedding sequence
Made’? - Calendar
- Love heart
Why did Keaton delay the release of ‘The He thought the gags were “too ridiculous
High Sign’? and clever for their own sake” - preferred
simple gags so audience could easily enjoy
them
What is the theory of ‘Cops’ regarding That Keaton’s character may represent the
Arbuckle? innocent Fatty Arbuckle who was
framed/accused of the rape and
manslaughter of Virginia Rappe
