Buster Keaton: Free and Easy, Estrellados Double Feature
Its Busters talkie debut with a special as youve never heard it before bonus Keatons first sound foray sees Buster skewering Hollywood itself with the tale of a wannabe starlet (Anita Page) that arrives in Tinseltown with some extra baggage an overprotective mother (Trixie Friganza) and an even more overprotective gas station attendant (Keaton). A coterie of star cameos accompanies a costarring Robert Montgomery, who plays a Latin lover, no less And speaking of Latin, as an added bonus, Free and Easy is now paired with its Spanishlanguage version Estrellados. Rarely seen since its initial overseas release, Estrellados is a prime example of the once customary practice of parallel production that helped Hollywood market their fare overseas during the silenttosound transition. Its a full alternative version of the film, shot simultaneously with Free and Easy starring Buster and a Spanishspeaking cast. Viva la Comedia
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