Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.
Contents List of Illustrations ix Introduction: Four-thirty in the afternoon in Muskegon, Michigan xiii 1 Cyclone Baby 1 2 Meet the Keatons 9 3 Steamships, a Corpse, and Broken Furniture 19 4 Le Cirque Cumeeky 27 5 Up Through the Ranks 39 6 Back From the Back 57 7 The Clown to Do the Job 69 8 Hit Parade 77 9 Wedding Bells and Hard Luck Goats 85 10 Welcome to the Playhouse 93 11 Love On the Go 107 12 Six-Reel Star 117 13 Southern Discomfort, or A Family Affair 129 14 The Misfit 139 15 5,000 Tons of Fun 151 16 Brides, Bulls, and Butlers 161 17 Mischief on the Oregon Express 177 18 Golden Villa, Campus Clown 189 19 The Fall of the House of Buster 199 20 The Company Man 205 21 End of the Affair 219 22 The Little Boy Who Couldn't Be Damaged 235 Coda 251 Notes 255 Bibliography 274 Acknowledgments 275 Index 277
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.