Katie-Bar-The-Door and I were out of town this past weekend which put my essay about the Best Actor of 1928-29, a contest between Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton and Erich von Stroheim, on hold. While I'm working to catch up, why don't you pass the time with this early Buster Keaton short, One Week, a classic two-reel comedy which just last year was included in the National Film Registry.
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And why, ezxactly, is it necessary to wait?
I think the outcome is well-known.
Get on with it -- my victory parade awaits!
Ah um ... I hope you and Mary P haven't spent too lavishly on the post-Katie party.
Of course, when it comes to the Katie Award, just being nominated is a cause for celebration ...
Just terrific, and it must be said that Buster's new bride is flat-out stunning.
Sybil Seely, who played the bride, was all of twenty when she made this with Keaton. She made a handful of other shorts with him.
She married Jules Furthman in 1920, the same year "One Week" came out, and was married to him for 46 years until his death did them part. Furthman, by the way, is the guy who co-wrote screenplays for The Big Sleep, To Have And Have Not and Rio Bravo. He received a Katie nomination for his screenplay of "The Docks Of New York."
Which is a long-winded way of saying Sybil Seely was a dish!
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