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The general [videorecording] / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; a United Artists production ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman ; adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York, NY : Kino International, c2008Edition: Ultimate 2 disc edDescription: 2 videodiscs (78 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 GEN 2008
Contents:
Disc 1. The feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Photography, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines ; music: 1. composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silents Orchestra; 2. arranged and directed by Robert Israel; or 3. theatre organ score by Lee Erwin.
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glenn Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes.Summary: Rejected by the Confederate army, and taken for a coward by his beloved, young Johnny Gray is given a chance to redeem himself when he wages a one-man war against Yankee spies who have stolen his locomotive.
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Media Resources Taylor's Library-TU 791.4372 GEN 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Set of 2 DVDs 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525443

Adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pittenger's "The Great Locomotive Chase."

Original feature is color tinted; special features in color with black and white sequences

DVD release of the 1926 silent film.

Special features: three musical scores; video tour of the authentic General; behind-the-scenes home movie footage; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson; filmed introduction by Orson Welles; "The Buster Express": a brisk montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career.

Disc 1. The feature film -- disc 2. Special features.

Photography, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines ; music: 1. composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silents Orchestra; 2. arranged and directed by Robert Israel; or 3. theatre organ score by Lee Erwin.

Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glenn Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes.

Rejected by the Confederate army, and taken for a coward by his beloved, young Johnny Gray is given a chance to redeem himself when he wages a one-man war against Yankee spies who have stolen his locomotive.

DVD, NTSC ; fullscreen presentation.

Silent film with English intertitles.