College (Silent)

Buster Keaton goes back to school to prove to his sweetheart that he's worthy of her love in one of the all-time great silent comedies. Plus vintage shorts from Buster's illustrious career.
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DVD-R Details

  • Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: November 24, 2020
  • Originally Released: 1927
  • Label: Alpha Video

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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh89%

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Total Count: 18

Upright73%

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User Ratings: 2,351
Rating: B- -- Minor Keaton slapstick comedy. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Aug 31, 2007
Minor Keaton but major almost any other comedian. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Keaton helped write the textbook on comedy, and in College he gives us a master class. Full Review
From the Front Row
Aug 6, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- it's not the General but it's a treasure
Cinerina
Apr 6, 2003
Rating: 4/4 -- A fine and funny film. Full Review
TV Guide
Aug 4, 2008
Rating: 4/5 -- A classic comedy with Keaton in top acrobatic form.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Jan 8, 2003
Cartesian slapstick Full Review
CinePassion
Nov 17, 2009

Description by OLDIES.com:

Buster plays a stuck-up high school valedictorian who puts down athletes during his graduation speech. Revolted by his snobbery, his girlfriend Mary dumps him on the spot. To redeem himself in her eyes, he takes up athletics in college - trying out every sport possible and failing at all of them! When the school's star athlete starts cozying up to Mary, Buster realizes he'll have to shape up or lose her forever.

Buster Keaton followed up his classic The General (1927) with this hilarious send-up of academia. College may be an even better showcase for Keaton's skills as an actor, director and stuntman - the only stunt Buster didn't perform is the pole vault in the film's climax, which was done by Olympic gold medal winner Lee Barnes. Despite the onscreen credit for James W. Horne, Buster insisted to historian Kevin Brownlow that he actually directed the film: "James Horne was absolutely useless to me...I don't know why we had him, because I practically did College."

PLUS BONUS SHORTS:

THE BOAT (1921): Buster builds a boat in his backyard, but when he and his family take it out on a pleasure cruise, it's one disaster after another. The boat's name, "Damfino" is a play on "Damned if I know!"

THE ELECTRIC HOUSE (1922): After a mix-up at the State University, Buster is given an electrical engineer's degree. He's then asked to install electricity at the Dean's house, which leads to shocking results! The filming of The Electric House was actually the only time Keaton hurt himself doing a stunt - he got his foot caught in the moving stairs and broke his ankle, and was laid up for weeks after production was completed.

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