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Title The general / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; a United Artists production ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman ; adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Kino International, [2008]

Call No.PN1995.75 .G46 2008 2 videodiscs in one container Circulation Desk
LocationMoore Video

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 Moore Video  PN1995.75 .G46 2008    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Ultimate 2 disc ed.
Description 2 DVD's (75 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD, NTSC ; fullscreen presentation.
Cast Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glenn Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes.
Credits Photography, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines ; music: 1. composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silents Orchestra; 2. arranged and directed by Robert Israel; or 3. theatre organ score by Lee Erwin.
Note Adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pittenger's "The Great Locomotive Chase."
Original feature is color tinted; special features in color with black and white sequences.
DVD release of the 1926 silent film.
Special features: three musical scores; video tour of the authentic General; behind-the-scenes home movie footage; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson; filmed introduction by Orson Welles; "The Buster Express": a brisk montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career.
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.
Contents Disc 1. The feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Audience Rating: Not rated.
Awards National Film Registry selection, 1989.
Language Silent film with English intertitles.
Subject Pittenger, William, 1840-1904 -- Film adaptations.
Pittenger, William, 1840-1904.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Subject Locomotive engineers -- Drama.
Locomotive engineers.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Railroad trains -- Drama.
Railroad trains.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Silent films.
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor, director, screenwriter.
Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955, director, screenwriter.
Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937, adapter.
Smith, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1865-1942, adapter.
Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961, producer.
Mack, Marion, 1902-1989, actor.
Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962, actor.
Farley, Jim, 1882-1947, actor.
Vroom, Frederick, 1857-1942, actor.
Pittenger, William, 1840-1904. Great locomotive chase.
United Artists Corporation.
Kino International Corporation.
Added Title General (Motion picture : 1926) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006039963
Standard No. 738329063726
Music No. K637 Kino