Clyde Bruckman

Director

About

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Birth Place

Illinois, USA

Born

September 30, 1894

Died

January 04, 1955

Cause of Death

Suicide

Biography

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Began his career as a staff writer at Warner Bros. and went on to collaborate frequently with Buster Keaton, supplying storylines and screenplays and, with "The General" (1927), co-direction. Bruckman subsequently made several shorts and features under his own steam, but the quality of his work declined from the mid-1930s....

Filmography

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The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Spring Tonic (1935)

Movie Crazy (1932)

Everything's Rosie (1931)

Feet First (1930)

Welcome Danger (1929)

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General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Fort Sumter Has Been Fired Upon!

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Cannon

Biography

Began his career as a staff writer at Warner Bros. and went on to collaborate frequently with Buster Keaton, supplying storylines and screenplays and, with "The General" (1927), co-direction. Bruckman subsequently made several shorts and features under his own steam, but the quality of his work declined from the mid-1930s.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Spring Tonic (1935)

Movie Crazy (1932)

Everything's Rosie (1931)

Feet First (1930)

Welcome Danger (1929)

A Perfect Gentleman (1928)

The General (1927)

Horse Shoes (1927)

Should Tall Men Marry? (1927)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Bachelor (1999)

Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)

Wrt of various segments

Her Lucky Night (1945)

Under Western Skies (1945)

She Gets Her Man (1945)

Original Screenplay

Swingtime Johnny (1944)

South of Dixie (1944)

Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)

Twilight on the Prairie (1944)

Week-End Pass (1944)

In Society (1944)

Addl comedy seq

So's Your Uncle (1943)

Honeymoon Lodge (1943)

Blondie Goes to College (1942)

Professor Beware (1938)

She Learned About Sailors (1934)

Contract Writer

Movie Crazy (1932)

Welcome Danger (1929)

The Cameraman (1928)

The General (1927)

For Heaven's Sake (1926)

Seven Chances (1925)

Keep Smiling (1925)

The Navigator (1924)

Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

The Navigator (1924)

Three Ages (1923)

Our Hospitality (1923)

Three Ages (1923)

Our Hospitality (1923)

Our Hospitality (1923)

Rouged Lips (1923)

Director (Short)

Too Many Highballs (1933)

The Finishing Touch (1928)

Putting Pants on Phillip (1927)

Life Events

1919

Screenwriting debut "Three in a Closet"

1921

Title writer for Monty Banks/Bull Montana comedies

1926

Directorial debut, "The General"

Videos

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Fort Sumter Has Been Fired Upon! From the top, Buster Keaton introduces himself, as Civil War-era Georgia engineer Johnnie, his beloved train and his girlfriend Annabelle (Marion Mack), then her father (Charles Smith) and fervent brother (Frank Barnes), in a historic moment, in The General, 1927.

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Cannon Engineer Johnnie (director and star Buster Keaton) has hijacked a cannon, which gives him problems, as he chases the Yankees who've stolen his locomotive, in The General, 1927.

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Nothing On Earth Can Stop Us Stuck behind Union lines having recklessly pursued his girlfriend (Marion Mack) and the stolen train on which she rode, engineer Johnnie (un-credited writer, director and star Buster Keaton) learns of the enemy’s alarming plans, in The General, 1927.

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Big Shanty Johnnie (director and star Buster Keaton) gets his train stolen by Yankee spies, his ex-girl Annabelle (Marion Mack) aboard, and gives chase, in Keaton's 1927 masterpiece The General.

Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- (Movie Clip) Shadow Your Man Closely Rejected as a thief by the father of now-dejected "Girl" (Kathryn McGuire), the hero (director and star Buster Keaton) follows his mail-order detective's handbook and his suspect (Ward Crane, who in fact framed him) in Sherlock Jr., 1924.

Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- (Movie Clip) Be Careful! Still immersed in his movie-based dream, the projectionist/hero (director Buster Keaton, as the title character) stays calm under pressure as he flees villains and gets an unexpected assist from his real-life boss and fantasy-assistant (Ford West) in Sherlock Jr., 1924.

Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Thought You'd Make It! Continuing the famous chase sequence, still in the imaginary movie into-which he's dreamed himself, star and director Buster Keaton as the title character is more alone than he realizes, in Sherlock Jr., 1924.

Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Old Proverb The opening sequence introduces the title character's real-life persona, his boss (Ford West) and "the girl" (Kathryn McGuire), the premise behind the title still to be revealed, in Buster Keaton's action-fantasy-comedy Sherlock Jr., 1924.

Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- (Movie Clip) The Crime-Crushing Criminologist Buster Keaton appears in his second role as the title character, in the movie into which he's dreamed himself, and in which his girl and his rival (Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane), now appear, in the acclaimed silent comedy Sherlock Jr., 1924.

Sherlock Jr. (1924) -- (Movie Clip) Hearts And Pearls Exhausted and frustrated with his amateur detective efforts, the hero dozes off at work in the projection room and dreams himself into a movie called Hearts And Pearls, executing one of director and star Buster Keaton's more transcendent ideas, in Sherlock Jr., 1924.

Seven Chances (1925) -- (Movie Clip) Would You Marry Me? Pushed by his partner (T. Roy Barnes) to marry by evening in order to claim an inheritance that will save their firm, lawyer Jimmy (Buster Keaton) tries his luck at the country club, in Seven Chances, 1925.

Everything's Rosie (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Couldn't Swipe A Piano First appearance for Anita Louise, age 16, as the title character, now grown-up Rosie, with Robert Woolsey (working without his comedy partner Bert Wheeler) as carnival snake-oil salesman Droop, ten years after he added her to his act, in RKO’s Everything’s Rosie, 1931.

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