The stunt where Buster leaps from the board off one building toward the roof of the other but falls short --- he intended to succeed in the leap. The fall was a mishap that laid him up for three days. But since he'd trained his cameramen to keep filming no matter what, they caught it on film. Buster decided to keep it and add the fall through the awnings, etc....
shareWhoa -- I knew that he was injured occasionally. That's a wild one, though. I also knew about the policy of keeping the cameras rolling, but I didn't know which shots -- or which films, too, for that matter -- were involved, so this is a nifty bit to point out! Thank you.
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It appears in the documentary "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow," with narration from an interview with Keaton describing what happened and how they made use of it. Yes, I flinched a bit watching knowing he was really hurt on that one but the scene ends up funny. He was so proud that the rewritten scene got one of the best laughs in the picture.
shareIsn't that documentary just AWESOME?! :-) Made me appreciate Keaton EVEN more!
Just too bad he got shackled to MGM when and how he did! However, I read somewhere that supposedly, he at least got in one good punch on Louis B. before he left!
"Now, bring me that horizon." --Captain Jack Sparrow
I agree that stunt was hard to watch. the quick switch to falling through the awnings made it look better than what actually happen.
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