College Horne, James W. Digital Life DVD

College
starring: Robert Boling, Charles Borah, Flora Bramley, Anne Cornwall, Sam Crawford (II)
directed by: Horne, James W.

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329012922
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Kino Video
Release Date: January 11, 2000
Running Time: 132 minutes
Sales Rank: 54936
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1927

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Buster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of university life in 'College' (1927, 66 min.). Keaton stars as Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds him instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary (Ann Cornwall). Also included: 'The Electric House' (1922, 23 min.), in which Buster turns an ordinary dwelling into an automated funhouse, whose modern conveniences go hilariously haywire at the hands of a jealous rival. Mechanical mayhem is also wrought in the shop of 'The Blacksmith' (1922, 21 min.). For decades a lost film until its recent rediscovery and restoration, 'Hard Luck' (1921, 22 min.), which Keaton named as his favorite short work, follows a suicidal Buster as he makes a final effort at fitting in with society at a swank country club.

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Ronald, the klutzy high-school brain played by Buster Keaton in College, is an inspired variation on the insulated millionaire playboys of earlier films. This bookish mama's boy who couldn't throw a fit, let alone a football, vows to become a college athlete to win the heart of the campus sweetheart. Of course in this path lies disaster, and his follies in track and field (the flyweight tries to throw the hammer and winds up flinging himself) only increase when he's made coxswain of the rowing team. Keaton's mix of energetic earnestness and flailing incompetence make his athletic tryout the film highlight, but in classic Keaton fashion Mr. Two Left Feet becomes the world's greatest athlete to save his sweetie from a bullying muscle-bound brute, mastering every event he so hilariously botched earlier in a decathlon dash to the rescue. This episodic comedy is more like his early shorts than his best features, lacking the narrative backbone that supports such masterpieces as The General and Steamboat Bill, Jr., but it's full of inspired physical comedy and Keaton's unique brand of gymnastic genius. Also featured are three short films: The Haunted House, with bank teller Buster matching wits against robbers in a gadget-filled hideout; the recently rediscovered Hard Luck, which recounts Buster's unsuccessful efforts to end it all (the missing conclusion is reconstructed from stills); and The Blacksmith, where Buster disastrously attempts to apply assembly line efficiency to a village smithy. --Sean Axmaker

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- Keaton and the world of education
The theme of this Kino DVD of Buster Keaton films seems to be education.

First, there is the feature film, 1927's "College". Here Keaton plays Ronald the bookworm. He graduates from high school, apparently the valedictorian, and gives a graduation speech on the evils of athletics. The girl he loves - Mary - tells him she won't consider him as a suitor unless he changes his attitude. Ronald enters Clayton College where his endeavors in a number of sports - and jobs - are rich with gags. The villain of the picture is played by Harold Goodwin, who was actually a lifetime friend of Keaton's.

"College" is no doubt one of Keaton's weaker features. It was made right after his pride and joy, "The General", failed miserably at the box office. Thus, Keaton wasn't really in the mood to exert himself either physically or creatively in his next picture. The irony in this film is, of course, that Keaton ... Read More

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- CLASS
Its not the critics' choice for best Keaton movie. They vote either THE GENERAL or THE NAVIGATOR. Nor is it my personal favourite which is STEAMBOAT BILL JR. But COLLEGE is so architecturally perfect that when you add the Keaton inventiveness (who HASN'T borrowed from this movie?) & add the Keaton execution & timing perhaps the concept 'best' doesn't really matter. In this one Keaton is the class bookworm who in his valedictory speech praises scholarship over athletics. Afterward the girl he is sweet on lets him know that she is not pleased. Keaton decides to follow her to college & enroll in athletic programmes to impress her. He fails at every sport but so winningly that you look forward to every defeat. While he is losing on the field he's also losing at the jobs he takes (first as a soda jerk then as a waiter at an African-American owned & run restaurant) to earn money for his tuition. Here ... Read More

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- Pretty Good
This movie is good, lots of laughs, and an interesting ending. Plus Keaton's muscles made it a good watch.

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- Keaton Excels in the World of Academia
Buster Keaton's "College" (1927) transcends its episodic narrative with an endless array of inventive gag sequences. As a result, the hour-long comedy recaptures the ingenuity of his classic two-reelers. Though influenced by the success of Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" (1925), Buster utilizes the collegiate backdrop as a showcase for his remarkable athleticism. Unlike Lloyd, the Great Stone Face remains a perceptive realist - his final montage revealing the dark side of the American Dream. "College" may not equal the brilliance of Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." and "The General," but there's always more than meets the eye.

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