An unemployed music teacher takes his estranged transgender father on a road trip to the west coast of norway, in order to honor his late mothers excellent quilting skills. Buster keaton plays a new yorker who travels west with the hope of making money as a cowboy in go west. Go west 1925 film jump to navigation jump to search. Theres really two movies here in keatons 69 minute go west. With groucho marx, chico marx, harpo marx, john carroll. Go west 1925 is a silent movie starring buster keaton. The edmonds tower at 1635 cahuenga is the site of the former hollywood.
This was filmed at the lowry theatre in manchester and includes a performance of their debut album, live and in its entirety, for the first time. A statue of balto by sculptor frederick roth was unveiled in new york citys central park during a visit on december 15, 1925. In their tenth film, groucho, harpo, and chico head to the american west and attempt to unite a couple by ensuring that a stolen property deed is retrieved. Bfi southbank, london 5 december 2016 we were at bfi southbank for something a bit special tonight, the world premier of a new soundtrack for the film body and soul dir. See more ideas about go west, silent film and comedians. West in the land of the bolsheviks sovkino, a distribution firm created by the soviet government in 1925, was.
In this marx brothers comedy, joseph panello chico marx, s. Go west 1925 a greenhorn buster keaton heeds horace greeley, hops a freight train and befriends a cow named brown eyes. Once there, he tries his hand at broncobusting, cattle wrangling, and dairy farming, eventually forming a bond with a cow named brown eyes. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers, this historic and entertaining musical features seven original songs, connecting. The majority of our customers have 10 200 employees with technology infrastructure housed on premise, in the cloud, or both. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. It was directed by edward buzzell with a screenplay written by irving brecher. Go west is not as wellregarded as some other buster keaton films such as the general and our hospitality, but its certainly worth seeing. Go west is a film directed by buster keaton with buster keaton, howard truesdale, kathleen myers, ray thompson, year. Go west it services small and medium sized businesses that use technology to deliver products and services to their customers. Go west, a 2005 bosnian film directed by ahmed imamovic. Go west the 1925 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. May 10, 2018 secrets tells the story of a new england debutante played by mary pickford who accompanies her husband leslie howard to california on a quest to build a fortune and a family. One of the more interesting films made in the early days was neptunes daughter 1914 starring sexy australian swimming sensation annette kellerman.
The lost world 1925 720p bluray flac x264sadpanda the olympic games in paris 1924 1925 720p bluray dd2. Overview of go west, 1925, directed by buster keaton, with howard truesdale, kathleen myers, ray thompson, at turner classic movies. Wikiproject film rated startclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Go west 1925 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was an international sensation, establishing the 28 yearold director as a major force in british film. With little luck at keeping a job in the city a new yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the west. A short film with an all animal cast about a young chimp who is kicked out of his home by his parents and heads west to make his fortune. In a novel twist on the romantic comedy formula, buster keaton stars opposite an affectionate cow in this warmhearted western farce that demonstrates keatons skill at pathos, without lessening his own aptitude for epic slapstick. If the oscars existed back in 1925, i cant help but to believe that the cow wouldve won a special award for this film. George carlin national press club complete duration.
After accidentally being deposited in the middle of the arizona desert, the lad wanders into the diamond bar ranch where he manages to find work as a cowpuncher. Joseph keaton, roscoe arbuckle a fat lady in the department store, babe london. The making of a bronze statue the metropolitan museum of art. Come with buster out into the vast open spaces where men are men and cows are their only lady friends.
Go west is a comedywestern film from 1940 released by metrogoldwynmayer, starring the marx bros. In 1925, he severed all ties with deforest phonofilm, and in 1926, sold his patents to william fox at fox film corporation. From the university of northern colorado and aims community college campuses to the high plains library district and the illustrious kress cinema and lounge, we screen at several venues all over greeley. Media in category 1925 in film the following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. From his roots as a sharecroppers son, working in the cotton fields of mississippi, he.
Going west is a warm and touching feelgood film about life, loss and love. The first feature film completed by the members of the kuleshov workshop was. Keaton plays an outofluck drifter, tellingly named friendless, who sells off all his possessions but forgets to take his clothes out of his dresser first, forcing him to buy. You are in fact watching a sound rerelease of a silent film. An inept, bumbling midwestern youth named friendless decides hes not cut out for big city life and sneaks aboard a freight train traveling west. The story follows a downandout midwesterner following horace greeleys adage go west, young man. With buster keaton, howard truesdale, kathleen myers, ray thompson. Best western film from the year you were born stacker. Go west buster keaton, 1925 there have been a couple features with the title, but this is the one written, directed and starring keaton as a woebegone dweller of a podunk town who sells everything he owns at the fade from black, only to find after buying food and buying back the family photo hed forgotten in a drawer that hes a completely free man freedom being just another word for. King, was one of the most influential and celebrated blues musicians of all time. With this delightful film, buster keaton rivals charlie chaplin for comic. I just wanted to go back to harpo eating anything he can get his mouth on. I just wish that tv stations like amc and turner classic movies would show this film over and over again because this is a whole lot better than the films that are.
Setting traditional ideas of romance and masculinity on their ears, go west is uniquely graceful and characteristically hilarious especially in the film s dynamic finale as. Go west film festival celebrates western film annually in greeley, colorado. After an abortive attempt to get by in the city, he follows horace greeleys advice to go west, young man. Go west is keatons most heartfelt film, and certainly one of his most underrated. Go west is an american feature film of the western and comedy genres featuring the marx brothers. Classic hilarity in this film includes a milking scene and a card game. Go west is an english pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist peter cox and rhythm guitarist and. Detailed information about this film is available from the.
The phantom of the opera, at least the version most commonly shown, is not a silent film. The marx brothers come to the rescue in the wild west when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks. Gunnar kaasen and his team became celebrities and toured the west coast from february 1925 to february 1926, and even starred in a 30 minute film entitled baltos race to nome. West in the land of the bolsheviks sovkino, a distribution firm created by the soviet government in 1925, was charged with the responsibility of opening new theaters in cities and sending portable projection outfits to the countryside. The first feature film made at universal city and completed just before the official opening was the sixreel epic feature film damon and pythias 1914, starring william worthington. Once a bank, the corner building was remodeled in 1931 with a new tile exterior and two additional. The only keaton feature in which he discreetly tapped a vein of chaplin pathos his character is friendless and his leading lady a mournful cow, this is not one of his masterpieces, but is. Throughout buster keatons extraordinary body of silent film work.
Look beyond those and discover a stellar pop album in terms of songwriting, musicianship, and production. In early 2008 go west headlined a tour of australia, after which richard ventured off again with tony and martin to costa rica to raise money for amr. Once there, the couple is challenged with the wild wests way of life but finds success and happiness nonetheless. Transcontinental journeys, comic plotting and keatons go west. Go west, a division of nz bus that operates bus services between aucklands west and central suburbs. If the go west film festival does not receive a dvd or bluray copy of the film, go west reserves the right to exclude it. The go west film festival continues to celebrate the genre of western film annually in greeley, colorado. Released 1925, go west stars busterkeaton, howardtruesdale, kathleenmyers, raythompson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 9 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. As a result, friendless winds up on a cattle ranch and is about the most unlikely cowboy imaginable in. A halloween treat pairs live orchestra with the 1925 horror classic the phantom of the opera on the sorayas large screen on saturday, november 3 at 8. Go west 1925 is a silent movie starring buster keaton keaton portrays friendless, who travels west to try to make his fortune. With this delightful film, buster keaton rivals charlie chaplin for comic poetry and pathos. The best movies of 1925 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank.
Use of phonofilm was short lived, as the major hollywood studios preferred a system based on twentyfour seconds and not the twentyone seconds in the phonofilm process. Buster keaton performed by polina osetinskaya and ab. I can just imagine how fantastic this movie must have been to watch in 1925. With buster keaton, howard truesdale, kathleen myers, ray thompson, fatty arbuckle, joe keaton. If you want watching this movie please visit my cinema site. It is based on the 1925 film of the same name starring buster keaton. Go west 1925 1101 1925 us comedy, western 1h 9m user score. Go west 1925 go west is one of buster keatons more lowkey films, but also one of his strangest, focusing on a gently sentimental romance between a man and a cow. The movie was produced by mgm and released on december 6th, 1940. Keaton s character, known only as friendless, is a midwestern boy who is down on his luck. The lodger 1927, based on the hunt for jack the ripper, was hitchcocks second completed film. Phimister proctors bronze equestrian statue theodore roosevelt.
As signaled by its title, buster keatons go west 1925 borrows as a template. The soraya screens phantom of the opera with live orchestra. Go west 1925 buster keaton synopsis, characteristics. Quentin quade groucho marx, and rusty panello harpo marx travel to the old west where they get tangled up in a land acquisition. Aug 19, 2016 years later, most of the completed footage, of spectacularly vicious car crashes, was compiled as a short film and released on dvd. More detail 1923, first sound film debuts americas best. Pioneering film comedienne mabel normand waits to confront charlie and marie during tillies punctured romance at the corner of cahuenga looking west down hollywood boulevard. Keaton portrays friendless, who travels west to try to make his fortune. Rent go west 1925 starring buster keaton and howard truesdale on dvd and bluray.
Go west 1925 tt0015863 with little luck at keeping a job in the city a new yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the west coast. Go west is a buster keaton classic often compared to the charlie chaplin classics. With little luck at keeping a job in the city a new yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the west coast. After notification of acceptance, the filmmaker must provide a copy of the film preferably on dcp format or downloadable file as well as a backup copy on dvd or bluray in region 1 ntsc. Our customers understand the importance of focus and the value of expertise. Keatons character, known only as friendless, is a midwestern boy who is down on his luck. Go west, the stuckist art show in spectrum london gallery, 2006. Buster keaton friendless, howard truesdale owner of the diamond bar ranch, kathleen myers his daughter, ray thompson the foreman, brown eyes the cow herself. Oscar micheaux, 1925 composed by rising star on the uk jazz scene peter edwards.
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