Buster Keaton Films

 

SURVIVING FILMS OF BUSTER KEATON

(Based on the International Buster Keaton Society and major filmographies.)

Below is the complete list of all known surviving Keaton films, organized by era.

COMIQUE / ARBUCKLE SHORTS (1917–1919)

Surviving:





  • Moonshine (1918)

  • Good Night, Nurse! (1918)

  • The Cook (1918) — incomplete

  • Back Stage (1919)

  • The Hayseed (1919)

  • The Garage (1920)

Partially lost:

  • A Country Hero (1917) — lost

BUSTER KEATON SILENT SHORTS (1920–1923)

All survive unless noted.

  • One Week (1920)

  • Convict 13 (1920)

  • The Scarecrow (1920)

  • Neighbors (1920)

  • The Haunted House (1921)

  • Hard Luck (1921) — partially lost; ending rediscovered

  • The High Sign (1921)

  • The Goat (1921)

  • The Play House (1921)

  • The Boat (1921)

  • The Paleface (1922)

  • Cops (1922)

  • My Wife’s Relations (1922)

  • The Blacksmith (1922) — two versions exist

  • The Frozen North (1922)

  • The Electric House (1922)

  • Day Dreams (1922) — incomplete

  • The Balloonatic (1923)

  • The Love Nest (1923)

SILENT FEATURES (1920–1928)

All survive.

  • The Saphead (1920)

  • Three Ages (1923)

  • Our Hospitality (1923)

  • Sherlock Jr. (1924)

  • The Navigator (1924)

  • Seven Chances (1925)

  • Go West (1925)

  • Battling Butler (1926)

  • The General (1926)

  • College (1927)

  • Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

  • The Cameraman (1928)

  • Spite Marriage (1929)

SOUND FEATURES (1929–1937)

All survive.

  • Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

  • Free and Easy (1930)

  • Doughboys (1930)

  • Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)

  • Sidewalks of New York (1931)

  • The Passionate Plumber (1932)

  • Speak Easily (1932)

  • What! No Beer? (1933)

  • Le Roi des Champs‑Élysées (1934)

  • The Invader (1935)

  • El Moderno Barba Azul (1936)

LATE APPEARANCES & CAMEOS (ALL SURVIVE)

  • Sunset Blvd. (1950)

  • In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

  • Limelight (1952)

  • Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

🎥 SUMMARY

  • Nearly all Buster Keaton films survive.

  • Only one is fully lost (A Country Hero, 1917).

  • A few are incomplete (The Cook, Day Dreams, Hard Luck).

  • His entire feature‑film career is fully preserved.


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