1923年到1929年間,是巴斯特·基頓電影生涯中最輝煌的6年,這6年中,他拍攝了12部長片,每一部都非常成功,他以獨特的外型和喜劇表演方式,與查理·卓別林齊名(事實上,由于卓別林在20年代出片頻率大大降低,當(dāng)時最出風(fēng)頭的喜劇演員是基頓和Harold Lloyd)。其中有名作《我們的待客之道》(1923),The Navigator(1924),《Sherlock Jr.》(1924),《將軍號》(1926),《Steamboat Bill, Jr.》(1928)和《Cameraman》(1928)。
在《The Navigator》中由于基頓的影片《將軍號》和《College》票房不盡人意,從1928年起,Joseph Schenck選擇放棄獨立制片,全職擔(dān)任聯(lián)藝公司的主席,并提議基頓加盟米高梅公司。因為Shenck的兄弟在米高梅作主席,基頓接受了這個讓他后悔終身的決定。
在加盟米高梅后,基頓雖然在同年拍出了《Cameraman》這樣的經(jīng)典影片,但是由于喪失了對自己影片的控制,沒有了支持他的技術(shù)班底,基頓的影片開始進入米高梅的套路中。
作為米高梅的第一位動作喜劇明星,片場其實完全不知道如何利用。尤其是進入有聲電影以后,由于片場對制片過程的嚴(yán)格控制,基頓無法像以前一樣沒有劇本,大膽即興,而要按照片場的要求使用寫好的劇本,在片場拍攝,嚴(yán)格控制預(yù)算和拍攝日程,使用特技替身,讓基頓不能在影片中像以前那樣設(shè)計動作喜劇,影片的活力和節(jié)奏也大打折扣(基頓酗酒的毛病加重了這一點),逐漸淪為一般的喜劇。
這一特點在片場讓基頓和著名笑匠Jimmy Durrant搭檔后尤為明顯。(事實上片場體系成熟后,傳統(tǒng)的棍棒喜劇幾乎消失,著名的例外有后來基頓的搭檔Eddie Clines在Universal和W.C.Fields合作的系列影片,雖然按照傳統(tǒng)的喜劇方式全即興拍攝,但因為能奇跡般的控制成本,破例獲得巨大成功。)
1931年,基頓到歐洲旅游,這次旅行對他影響很大。
1932年,基頓與妻子離婚,他買了一輛巨大的旅行汽車,此后1年間就生活在這輛汽車?yán)?,酗酒的惡?xí)逐漸加深,讓基頓的身體條件逐漸下降。1933年,在屢次進行戒酒治療沒有效果后,米高梅和基頓解約。而其它公司也因為酗酒問題不愿跟基頓簽約,基頓的明星生涯宣告結(jié)束。
電影年表
The Butcher Boy (1917)
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
The Rough House (1917)
His Wedding Night (1917)
Oh Doctor! (1917)
Coney Island (1917)
A Country Hero (1917)
Out West (1918)
The Bell Boy (1918)
Moonshine (1918)
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
The Cook (1918)
Back Stage (1919)
The Hayseed (1919)
The Garage (1920)
One Week (1920)
The Round-Up (1920) (uncredited)
The Saphead (1920)
Convict 13 (1920)
The Scarecrow (1920)
Neighbors (1921)
The Haunted House (1921)
Hard Luck (1921)
The High Sign (1921)
The Goat (1921)
The Playhouse (1921)
The Boat (1921)
The Paleface (1922)
Cops]] (1922)
My Wife's Relations (1922)
The Blacksmith (1922)
The Frozen North (1922)
Daydreams (1922)
The Electric House (1922)
The Balloonatic (1923)
The Love Nest (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
The Navigator (1924)
Seven Chances (1925)
The Iron Mule (1925) (uncredited)
Go West (1925)
Battling Butler (1926)
The General (1927)
College (1927)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The Cameraman (1928)
Spite Marriage (1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Free and Easy (1930)
Doughboys (1930)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
Casanova wider Willen (1931)
The Passionate Plumber (Plombier amoureux, Le) (1932)
Speak Easily (1932)
What! No Beer? (1933)
The Gold Ghost (1934)
Allez Oop (1934)
Le Roi des Champs-élysées (1934)
Palooka from Paducah (1935)
One Run Elmer (1935)
Hayseed Romance (1935)
Tars and Stripes (1935)
The E-Flat Man (1935)
The Timid Young Man (1935)
The Invader (1936)
Three on a Limb (1936)
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
Blue Blazes (1936)
The Chemist (1936)
Mixed Magic (1936)
Jail Bait (1937)
Ditto (1937)
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
Pest from the West (1939)
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
The Taming of the Snood (1940)
New Moon (1940) (uncredited)
The Spook Speaks (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
So You Won't Squawk (1941)
General Nuisance (1941)
She's Oil Mine (1941)
Forever and a Day (1943)
San Diego I Love You (1944)
That's the Spirit (1945)
That Night with You (1945)
She Went to the Races (1945) (uncredited)
God's Country (1946)
Easy to Wed (1946)
Moderno Barba Azul, El (1946)
Colmillo de Buda, El (1949)
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
You're My Everything (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Excuse My Dust (1951) (uncredited)
Paradise for Buster (1952)
Limelight (1952)
L'Incantevole Nemica (1953)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Once Upon a Time, episode of The Twilight Zone (1961)
Ten Girls Ago (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Pajama Party (1964)
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Film (1965)
The Railrodder (1965)
Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
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外文名
Buster Keaton
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別名
Joseph Frank Keaton VI
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性別
男
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出生日期
1895-10-04