In 1928, Buster Keaton, a silent film star, did a crazy stunt in Steamboat Bill, Jr., where a two-ton house wall fell around him, missing him by inches thanks to a small open window. Filmed in one take in Sacramento, his crew warned him it could kill him, but Keaton, trusting his precise setup, went for it and pulled it off perfectly. This happened as silent movies were fading—sound films were taking over after The Jazz Singer in 1927—and Keaton, after hits like The General, was fighting to stay
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This Day In Buster…September 4th 1927… Buster Keaton films the scene he is likely most well-known for; the falling house in ‘Steamboat Bill Jr’. The facade that fell was reportedly two tonnes & the margin for error just two inches. As it was, the window frame clipped Buster’s arm. A skeleton crew took the shot as the majority couldn’t bear to watch. Just the day before, Buster had been told his studio was shutting down. He didn’t have anything to lose… | Buster Keaton
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