Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life
- ISBN-10
- 0385354215
- ISBN-13
- 9780385354219
- Series
- Buster Keaton
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 832
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-02-15
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Author
- James Curtis
Description
"A comprehensive account of the life and work of Buster Keaton"--
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