Buster Keaton

This collection -- assembled as rewards for our Kickstarter fund-raising campaign -- is comprised of the following short films, each newly restored by Lobster Films:

THE BUTCHER BOY (1917)
OUT WEST (1918)
THE COOK (1918)
THE GARAGE (1920)
CONVICT 13 (1920)
THE SCARECROW (1920)
HARD LUCK ...

THE SCARECROW was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from a 35mm safety fine grain in the Blackhawk Films Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Restoration: Lobster Films laboratories, 2015/2016.

THE BUTCHER BOY was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from a 35mm fine grain in the Blackhawk Films Collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and an incomplete nitrate print donated by Blackhawk Films to the Library of Congress. Int...

THE COOK was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from two incomplete nitrate prints in the collections of the National Library of Norway and the EYE Film Institute (Netherlands). Unfortunately, the end of the film is still missing. Intertitles are reconst...

CONVICT 13 was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates from a nitrate print preserved in the Lobster Films collection and an incomplete 35mm safety dupe negative made from Czech material in the collection of the Cinémathèque Française. Fragments were added fro...

OUT WEST was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from a Russian nitrate dupe negative at the Cinémathèque de Toulouse (France), an incomplete nitrate print from EYE Film Institute (Netherlands) and a 35mm safety dupe negative at the Cinémathèque Française...

THE ELECTRIC HOUSE was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates from a 35mm safety dupe negative made from Czech elements at the Cinémathèque Fran- çaise. Intertitles are reconstructed according to the font of the time, based on translation of promotional docum...

THE GOAT was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from a 35mm safety fine grain off the camera negative in the Blackhawk Film Collection preserved at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. Scan and restoration: Lobster Films laboratories, 2015.

THE GARAGE was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates from two tinted nitrate prints from the René Charles collection, and two tinted nitrate prints in the Lobster Film Collection. Intertitles are reconstructed according to the original Paramount title design...

HARD LUCK has been restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from a 35mm safety dupe negative and a 24mm ozaphane Cinelux print in the Lobster films collection. Some short fragments were added from a nitrate print from the Cineteca Italiana, a 35mm safety fine ...

THE BALLOONATIC was restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates from a safety fine grain in the Lobster Films collection. Intertitles are reconstructed according to the font of the time, based on translation of the French cards. Scans and Restoration: Lobster Film...

As new generations of viewers discover the magic of silent cinema, Buster Keaton has emerged as one of the era's most admired and respected artists. Behind the deadpan expression and trademark porkpie hat was a filmmaking genius who conceived and engineered some of the most breathtaking stunts an...