The General, written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman

Type

Label

The General, written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman

Note

Blu-ray DVD ; High DefinitionDVD release of the 1926 silent filmAdapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pettinger's The great locomotive chaseMasted in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera negativeSpecial features include: three musical scores: ; video tour of the authentic General, presented in association with The Southern Museum ; tour of the filming locations presented by JOhn Bengtson ; behind-the-scenes home movie footage ;; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson ; filmed introduction by Orson Welles ; The Buster express, a montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's careerVideorecording

Color

multicolored

Configuration of playback channels

unknown

resource.creditsNote

Photographed by J. Devereaux Jennings and Bert Haines ; technical director: Fred Gabourie ; music arranged by directed by Robert Israael ; theatre organ score by Lee Erwin ; music composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silent Orchestra

Dimensions

other

Edition

Full-frame.

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Marion Mack, Buster Keaton

Physical Description

1 videodisc (78 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium