According to several sources, "Pest From The West" is Keaton's best in the series of ten short films he made for Columbia Pictures. A remake of his 1934 feature "The Invader," it was directed by Del Lord instead of the awful Jules White.
One reviewer has written the same thing for the first six shorts in the set "Buster Keaton Collection" available from Sony. The first two paragraphs are virtually identical and contain several falsehoods. He writes Keaton was lousy with money, but the truth is, according to his wife Eleanor, when Keaton divorced he lost all his money. Plus he was the sole support of his mother, sister, and brother. When he signed on to Columbia, he made only $2,500 for each two-reeler, half of what he was paid at Educational.
This reviewer also compares Keaton to Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, but that is silly. Their circumstances were completely different, he repeatedly claims that he has "seen more of his (Keaton's) silent films than practically anyone one on the planet" which is ridiculous. I have seen, and others have as well, just as much as he has and I have seen Keaton on the stage a few years before his death In 1959 playing the king in "Once Upon A Mattress." 0 of 9 found his review helpful and that speaks for itself.
One reviewer has written the same thing for the first six shorts in the set "Buster Keaton Collection" available from Sony. The first two paragraphs are virtually identical and contain several falsehoods. He writes Keaton was lousy with money, but the truth is, according to his wife Eleanor, when Keaton divorced he lost all his money. Plus he was the sole support of his mother, sister, and brother. When he signed on to Columbia, he made only $2,500 for each two-reeler, half of what he was paid at Educational.
This reviewer also compares Keaton to Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, but that is silly. Their circumstances were completely different, he repeatedly claims that he has "seen more of his (Keaton's) silent films than practically anyone one on the planet" which is ridiculous. I have seen, and others have as well, just as much as he has and I have seen Keaton on the stage a few years before his death In 1959 playing the king in "Once Upon A Mattress." 0 of 9 found his review helpful and that speaks for itself.