Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 28

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 28" places Buster Keaton's films "The General" and "Steamboat Bill, Jr." into their historical "first run" contexts, utilizing original pressbook materials from the 1920's. Read about one of your favorite stars as he was during the days of the movies' initial releases.

Both "Steamboat Bill, Jr." and "The General" are considered two of the greatest movies ever made. Buster Keaton was at the peak of his creative career. The "locomotive on the bridge' sequence is the most expensive in silent movie history.

See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. See what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the twenty-eighth of a series.