Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 75 min.) |
Summary |
Rejected by the Confederate army, and taken for a coward by his beloved, young Johnny Gray is given a chance to redeem himself when he wages a one-man war against Yankee spies who have stolen his locomotive and captured his beloved. Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The general is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally released as a motionallyn picture in 1927 |
Credits |
Photography, Dev Jennings and Bert Haines |
Cast |
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glenn Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes |
Notes |
Silent film with musical accompaniment and English intertitles |
Subject |
Locomotive engineers -- Drama
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Railroad trains -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships.
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Locomotive engineers.
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Railroad trains.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
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Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
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Subject |
United States.
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United States -- Confederate States of America.
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Genre/Form |
Internet videos.
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Comedy films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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History.
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Silent films.
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Films comiques.
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Films muets.
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Adaptations cinématographiques.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, director, screenwriter, actor.
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Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955, director, screenwriter.
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Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937.
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Smith, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1865-1942.
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Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961.
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Mack, Marion, 1902-1989.
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Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962.
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Farley, Jim, 1882-1947.
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Vroom, Frederick, 1857-1942.
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Pittenger, William, 1840-1904.
Great locomotive chase
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United Artists Corporation.
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