BLUE GRASSY KNOLL

Shows

Buster Keaton and the Blue Grassy Knoll are a great team. Essentially what you’ve got is two professional entertainment troupes working in tandem to create a cinematic gestault greater than the sum of the parts. These six classic silent films present the Blue Grassy Knoll with the perfect opportunity to compose compelling and humorous scores that at a mischievous musical theatricality to Keatons charming and very funny films.

In recreating the silent movie experience, the band commits the music to memory and uses the film itself for their cues, so it literally becomes their “conductor”, as it were – a truly amazing experience to witness. The Blue Grassy Knoll’s charismatic presentation draws the audience into the show, bringing Buster’s movies to life as never before, and creating a dazzling, “natural” multi-media experience.

Please explore….

Sherlock Jnr.

1924 | 45 minutes

Buster Keaton’s third full length feature film. Buster is a cinema projectionist framed for theft by a jealous rival for his girls hand……more »

The General

1927 | 70 minutes

The General is Buster Keaton’s masterpiece, generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies……more »

Our Hospitality

1923 | 70 minutes

Buster Keaton’s first full length feature film – a Romeo and Juliet comedy in which Buster becomes involved in a hillbilly feud in the 1830’s backwoods America……more »

Cops

1922 | 20 minutes

“Cops” is a fine showcase of Keaton’s physical comedy. One of Keaton’s best shorts…….more »

Sherlock Jnr.

1924 | 45 minutes

Buster Keaton’s third full length feature film. Buster is a cinema projectionist framed for theft by a jealous rival for his girls hand……more »

Go West

1925 | 70 minutes

One of Buster Keaton’s most sublime comedies……more »

One Week

1920 | 22 minutes

In the opening scene, we find Buster and co-star Sybil Seely exiting a chapel as newly-weds. Among the gifts is a portable house that can be put together in one week……more »

The Boat

1921 | 26 minutes

This rarely seen short was also made in 1921 and again co-stars Sybil Seely as his wife, plus two little Buster kids. Buster’s handmade boat…..more »

Labourer’s Love

1922 | ?? minutes

Labourer’s Love (Laogong zhi aiqing) was a short film produced in China, also known as Romance of a Fruit Peddler (Zhi guo yuan). It constitutes the earliest complete film from China’s early cinematic history that survives today…..more »