Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies (2019)

Short Synopsis:

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker.

Blog post by John Bengtson (silentlocations.com)

Criterion’s The Cameraman Blu-ray is loaded with extras, including Oscar-nominated Daniel Raim’s 2020 documentary Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies, revealing newly discovered connections between Keaton’s MGM debut and the earliest films of his career. 

This February I had the honor of working on Time Travelers with Daniel (a new hero) by taking one of my all-time heroes, the incredibly knowledgeable and generous Hollywood historian Marc Wanamaker, on a tour of Hollywood locales where Buster filmed. Marc has appeared in over 30 Hollywood documentaries.  

Another all-time hero, Leonard Maltin, reviewed our Time Travelers program as “breathtaking – I’ve never seen a more meaningful or resonant presentation of then and now footage.”  

Read the full blog post here:

https://silentlocations.com/2020/07/18/time-travelers-uncovering-old-la-in-keaton-comedies/

Purchase the Blu-ray/DVD

https://www.criterion.com/films/29011-the-cameraman