{"id":1256,"date":"2007-10-10T05:55:23","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T12:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2007-10-10T06:07:56","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T13:07:56","slug":"free-buster-keaton-films-at-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"Free Buster Keaton Films At the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/busterkeaton.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/busterkeaton.jpg','popup','width=285,height=139,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/busterkeaton-tm.jpg\" height=\"97\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Busterkeaton\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buster_Keaton\" target=\"_blank\">Buster Keaton&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> grandson <strong>Robert Keaton<\/strong> will be on hand October 17, 24, and 31 as the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadlibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carlsbad City Library<\/a><\/strong> presents a free Buster Keaton film series.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The film lineup includes: <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0015163\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Navigator<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on October 17, <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/title\/tt0015863\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go West<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on October 24 and &#8220;Speak Easily&#8221; on October 31.  All screenings begin at 6pm and will feature a special pre-show introduction and post-show question-and-answer with Robert Keaton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On October 17 and 24 pianist <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.partypop.com\/Vendors\/4074364.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Verhoye<\/a><\/strong> will perform a live soundtrack for the films. The Library features the Carlsbad Film Series the last three Wednesdays of every month.  Follow the link for all the details.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nCarlsbad City Library Presents  Free Buster Keaton Film Series Featuring Question-and-Answer with Robert Keaton, Buster Keaton&#8217;s Grandson<\/p>\n<p>October 17, 24, 31 at 6pm<\/p>\n<p>October will be filled with laughs when Carlsbad City Library presents a free Buster Keaton film series. The film lineup includes: &#8220;The Navigator&#8221; on October 17, &#8220;Go West&#8221; on October 24 and &#8220;Speak Easily&#8221; on October 31.  All screenings begin at 6pm and will feature a special pre-show introduction and post-show question-and-answer with Robert<br \/>\nKeaton, Buster Keaton&#8217;s grandson.  <\/p>\n<p>On October 17 and 24, pianist Bryan Verhoye will perform a live soundtrack for the films.  The Buster Keaton film series will take place at Carlsbad City Library&#8217;s Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium at 1775 Dove Lane in southern Carlsbad. Admission is free.  For more information, call (760) 602-2012.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/04m.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/04m.jpg','popup','width=77,height=140,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/04m-tm.jpg\" height=\"181\" width=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"04M\" \/><\/a>Wednesday, October 17 at 6pm: The Navigator (1924, run time 59 minutes) &#8220;The Navigator&#8221; is a classic of the Golden Age of Comedy. Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, a rich young man of little experience. He finds himself adrift on &#8220;The Navigator,&#8221; a 500-foot yacht, with no one but an equally naive girl. Together they face the misadventures that befall them on the high seas.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/54m.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/54m.jpg','popup','width=100,height=139,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/54m-tm.jpg\" height=\"139\" width=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"54M\" \/><\/a>Wednesday, October 24 at 6pm: Go West (1925, run time 69 minutes) Without a job, family or acquaintances, Friendless (Buster Keaton) decides to sell all his worldly belongings and hop a freight train to New York City to seek his fortune. After several misadventures, he soon finds himself the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/18m.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/18m.jpg','popup','width=97,height=140,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/18m-tm.jpg\" height=\"144\" width=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"18M\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWednesday, October 31 at 6pm: Speak Easily (1932, run time 82 minutes) A &#8220;talkie&#8221; featuring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante. Naive Professor Potts (Keaton) decides to quit his job, withdraw his life savings and travel. He meets a traveling vaudeville troupe and is convinced by the piano player (Durante) that their show&#8217;s a success. This turns out to be a big mistake!<br \/>\nThe Library features the Carlsbad Film Series the last three Wednesdays of every month.  For more information, call (760) 602-2012 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadlibrary.org\">www.carlsbadlibrary.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buster Keaton&#8217;s grandson Robert Keaton will be on hand October 17, 24, and 31 as the Carlsbad City Library presents a free Buster Keaton film series. The film lineup includes: The Navigator on October 17, Go West on October 24 and &#8220;Speak Easily&#8221; on October 31. 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