Jun 08, 21 · In 1926, comedian, writer, and director Buster Keaton made a film titled The General, which featured a stunt involving an actual train falling from a burning bridge into a riverThe spectacular stunt cost $42,000 to make—a huge amount at the timeNov 10, 02 · "The General," with Buster as a train engineer in the Civil War, was always available, hailed as one of the supreme masterpieces of silent filmmaking But other features and shorts existed in shabby, incomplete prints, if at all, and it was only in the 1960s that film historians began to assemble and restore Keaton's lifeworkReleased in 1927, and directed by Buster Keaton (), this is probably one of the most entertaining silent films that I have ever seen This is arguably Buster Keaton's finest work Over two thirds of the film was shot aboard realistic civil war era steam engines that are almost constantly in motion The story is a simple one
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