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Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Rheingold Theater starring Buster Keaton and presented by Douglas Fairbanks Jr (1954)
... [Keaton] went to London to play his first serious role. It is in a half-hour TV film being made by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Keaton is supposed to be a government official who becomes disillusioned with the work he is doing in a police state. Keaton is not sure why he, a slapstick comedian, was chosen for the part. "The novelty of it, I guess," he says. ...
From a May 9, 1954 New York Times profile:
ReplyDelete... [Keaton] went to London to play his first serious role. It is in a half-hour TV film being made by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Keaton is supposed to be a government official who becomes disillusioned with the work he is doing in a police state. Keaton is not sure why he, a slapstick comedian, was chosen for the part. "The novelty of it, I guess," he says. ...