This Day in Buster…April 6, 1929 Buster Keaton goes from zero to hero in “Spite Marriage,” which has its general release in the U.S. two weeks after opening in New York. | Buster Keaton

This Day In Buster…September 4th 1927… Buster Keaton films the scene he is likely most well-known for; the falling house in ‘Steamboat Bill Jr’. The facade that fell was reportedly two tonnes & the margin for error just two inches. As it was, the window frame clipped Buster’s arm. A skeleton crew took the shot as the majority couldn’t bear to watch. Just the day before, Buster had been told his studio was shutting down. He didn’t have anything to lose… | Buster Keaton

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