GreatLocomotiveChase — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:GreatLocomotiveChase @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:57:18 +0200 The General (Clyde Bruckman + Buster Keaton, 1926) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-general-1926 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The General (Clyde Bruckman + Buster Keaton, 1926)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" National Oregon Day/div div class="img" The General (1926)/div div class="caption" Johnnie Gray (Keaton) stands on the roof of The General's locomotive while Oregon passes along. DPs: Bert Haines & Devereaux Jennings./div div class="txt" ##### For authenticity reasons, The General was – for the most part – filmed on location in Oregon. Set during the #AmericanCivilWar, it's a comedic retelling of a popular war memoir about the #GreatLocomotiveChase.\ "This girl was in the baggage car when we stole the train, so I thought it best to hold her." ### – Captain Anderson\ ##### Sadly it was a box office #flop, resulting in Keaton losing his independence and his movie entering the #PublicDomain as early as 1954. Luckily for us that means we too can enjoy Oregon beautiful 1920s vistas./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalOregonDay #ClydeBruckman #BusterKeaton #WilliamPittenger #MarionMack #BertHaines #DevereauxJennings #SilentFilm #war #trains #CivilWar #BookAdaptation #Oregon #USA #1920s/div /section ]]>

The General (Clyde Bruckman + Buster Keaton, 1926)

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National Oregon Day

The General (1926)

Johnnie Gray (Keaton) stands on the roof of The General's locomotive while Oregon passes along. DPs: Bert Haines & Devereaux Jennings.

For authenticity reasons, The General was – for the most part – filmed on location in Oregon. Set during the #AmericanCivilWar, it's a comedic retelling of a popular war memoir about the #GreatLocomotiveChase.

“This girl was in the baggage car when we stole the train, so I thought it best to hold her.”

– Captain Anderson

Sadly it was a box office #flop, resulting in Keaton losing his independence and his movie entering the #PublicDomain as early as 1954. Luckily for us that means we too can enjoy Oregon beautiful 1920s vistas.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalOregonDay #ClydeBruckman #BusterKeaton #WilliamPittenger #MarionMack #BertHaines #DevereauxJennings #SilentFilm #war #trains #CivilWar #BookAdaptation #Oregon #USA #1920s

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