Go West ; and, Battling Butler

Publication/Creation:

New York, New York : Kino Lorber, [2011]

Resource Type:

Video or Visual Material

Edition:

Ultimate 2-disc edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Go West ; and, Battling Butler

Related/Included Titles:

Go West /
Battling Butler /
Battling Butler.
Go West (Motion picture : 1925)
Battling Butler (Motion picture : 1926)
Go West (Motion picture : 1923)

Variant Titles:

Title appears as: Buster Keaton : Go West and Battling Butler
Battling butler

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961
Cannon, Raymond, 1892-1977
Smith, Paul Gerard, 1894-1968
Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937
Smith, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1865-1942
Neal, Lex, 1894-1940
Myers, Kathleen, 1899-
Truesdale, Howard, 1861-1941
Thompson, Ray, 1898-1927
O'Neil, Sally, 1908-1968
James, Walter, 1886-1946
Fine, Bud, 1894-1966
Wilson, Tom, 1880-1965
Edwards, Snitz, 1862-1937
Israel, Robert, 1963-
Beheim, Eric
Brightman, Stanley, 1888- Battling Butler
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Kino Lorber, Inc

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Comedy films
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Silent films
Film adaptations

Subjects:

Human-animal relationships--Drama
Ranch life--West (U.S.)--Drama
Boxing--Drama
Indians of North America--Drama
Man-woman relationships--Drama
Western plays

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Go West / Joseph M. Schenk presents ; a Metro-Goldwyn production ; written and directed by Buster Keaton ; scenario, Raymond Cannon (68 min., 1925) -- Battling Butler / Joseph M. Schenk presents ; a Metro-Goldwyn production ; directed by Buster Keaton ; adapted ... by Paul Gerard Smith, Al Boasberg, Charles H. Smith and Lex Neal (85 min., 1926).

Summary:

Go West: Heeding Horace Greeley's expansionist call, a hapless young man heads west to meet his destiny in the ranchlands of Arizona where he befriends Brown Eyes, an affectionate bovine beauty from whose hoof he removes a pebble. Trying to save her from the slaughterhouse, he has many adventures.
Battling butler: A fragile young man is sent into the country by his father in hopes that his masculinity will blossom. There he is mistaken for a renowned prizefighter.

Language Note:

Silent with English intertitles and musical score.

Physical Type/Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 154 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Technical Note:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.

General Note:

Title from container.
Battling Butler based on the play by Stanley Brightman and Austin Melford.
Extras on Go West disc: Go West (1923, 12 min.), a western-themed comedy produced by Hal Roach, starring the Dippy Do Dads, a troupe of trained monkeys; 60-minute audio recording of Buster Keaton hashing out a script proposal for the western TV series Wagon train; photo gallery of production stills -- Extras on Battling Butler disc: Excerpts of a screenplay for an unproduced remake of Battling Butler, written by Keaton in 1947; photo gallery from the 1922 stage production of Battling Butler; photo gallery of production stills.

Participant/Performer Note:

Go West: Buster Keaton, Kathleen Myers, Howard Truesdale, Ray Thompson.
Battling Butler: Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Walter James, Bud Fine, Francis McDonald, Mary O'Brien, Tom Wilson, Snitz Edwards.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Go West: directors of photography, Elgin Lessley, Bert Haines ; music composed and performed by Eric Beheim.
Battling Butler: directors of photography, J.D. Jennings and Bert Haines ; music arranger and director, Robert Israel.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936776158302486

OCLC Number:

757741529

Other Identifiers:

Universal Product Code: 738329079024

Publisher Number:

K790 Kino International