This Day in Buster…July 14, 1954 Buster guest stars as "The Man" on the Rheingold Theatre TV show production of "The Awakening", an adaption of Gogol's story "The Cloak" hosted by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It is his first dramatic appearance on network television. | Buster Keaton

This Day in Buster…March 22, 1930 "Free And Easy" opens in the U.S. Buster Keaton’s second talkie, but the first in which he spoke. MGM demonstrated from the outset that they didn’t know what to do with a performer like Buster Keaton, but boy, could he Buster move ;) | Buster Keaton