The High Sign: A Filmmaker Emerges

Name: The High Sign: A Filmmaker Emerges
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-07-12
Duration: 7 min
Cast: Courtney Patterson

20117m

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Documentary

Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

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Cast

Courtney Patterson

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