The General, Buster Keaton, 1926. Pacific Film Archive... – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The General, Buster Keaton, 1926. Pacific Film Archive..., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The General, Buster Keaton, 1926. Pacific Film Archive...
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A 1973 Berkeley poster for Buster Keaton's 1926 silent comedy *The General* puts the railroad front and center, and the film does the same. Keaton plays a Southern railroad engineer caught up in the Civil War, and the story draws on the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862, when Union raiders stole a Confederate engine in Georgia and were chased down the tracks. The color poster was designed by David Lance Goines for the Pacific Film Archive, which screened the film. Its record lists railroads among its subjects, a fitting label for a movie built around a train.
| Created / published | Berkeley, 1973. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster). |
| Notes | Color poster by David Lance Goines. Promotional goal: U.S. K8. 1973. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Adv.; Railroads; Motion pictures. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,178 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149709 |
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