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This Day in Buster…May 7, 1957
Buster Keaton & wife Eleanor attend the world premiere of “The Buster Keaton Story” in Perry, Oklahoma. When interviewed by Oliver Lindsay Scott, Eleanor recalled a different theatre, “But we went to the first preview at a theater over in Glendale, and we practically crawled out on our hands and knees to get away, and just got away as quick as we possibly could, almost before the thing ended, it was so horrible.”
This Day in Buster…May 2, 1957
The Morrison Transcript announces that May 7th 1957 will be “Buster Keaton Day” in honor of the world premiere of “The Buster Keaton Story,” in Perry, Oklahoma. It was declared a school holiday & among other festivities was a presentation to the city of Perry with a Bronze Pork Pie hat.
Singin’ In The Rain(1952)