Edition |
Ultimate 2 disc ed. |
Description |
2 DVD's (75 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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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." |
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Original feature is color tinted; special features in color with black and white sequences. |
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DVD release of the 1926 silent film. |
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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.
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Pittenger, William, 1840-1904. |
Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Subject |
Locomotive engineers -- Drama.
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Locomotive engineers. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Railroad trains -- Drama.
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Railroad trains. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
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Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor, director, screenwriter.
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Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955, director, screenwriter.
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Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937, adapter.
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Smith, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1865-1942, adapter.
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Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961, producer.
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Mack, Marion, 1902-1989, actor.
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Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962, actor.
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Farley, Jim, 1882-1947, actor.
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Vroom, Frederick, 1857-1942, actor.
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Pittenger, William, 1840-1904.
Great locomotive chase.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Added Title |
General (Motion picture : 1926) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006039963
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Standard No. |
738329063726 |
Music No. |
K637 Kino |
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