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1955 Screen Directors Playhouse DVD TV The Silent Partner
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1955 Screen Directors Playhouse DVD TV The Silent Partner

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1955 Screen Directors Playhouse DVD The Silent Partner Buster Keaton NEW

The Silent Partner" is, along with John Ford's "Rookie of the Year", perhaps the best-known episode of the TV anthology series Screen Directors' Playhouse. Buster Keaton stars as Kelsey Dutton, a former silent-film comedian fallen upon hard times. While visiting a neighborhood tavern, Kelsey is recognized by Selma (ZaSu Pitts), herself an ex-actress. Their happy reunion is spoiled by the Academy Award telecast being shown on the bar's TV set, in which prominent actor-director Arthur Vail (Joe E. Brown), accepting an Oscar, flippantly refers to Kelsey and Selma as washed-up hasbeens. As it turns out, however, Vail's apparent cruelty has a noble purpose. Directed and cowritten by George Marshall, who in his movie heyday worked with the likes of Bob Hope, W.C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy, the film is at its best when recreating the Golden Days of silent slapstick comedy, of which Keaton was an acknowledged master.

Cast

Evelyn Ankers - Miss Loving
Joe E. Brown - Arthur Vail
Joseph Corey - Arnold
Jack Elam - Shanks
Percy Helton - Barney
Charles Horvath - Barber
Jack Kruschen - Ernie
Lyle Latell - Ernie's Friend
ZaSu Pitts - Selma
Buster Keaton - Kelsey Dutton

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