Funny how he always wore the same baggy type pants, vest, flat hat etc. He was truly one of a kind.

Before My Time But Still Splendid Memories...

The music you hear at the beginning as the camera pans over the shopping center is the theme from the 1957 film “Peyton Place”.

Just look at it now 😢

Now go watch Buster Keaton doing what he did in a diner on "Candid Camera". Besides his own antics, it's hilarious to watch those around him trying to keep it together as he absolutely destroys his lunch.

Thank you.

Geez, you cut out the best moment, when he flies over the shopping cart into the pool! Buster put his all even into a dingy little promotional ad like this.

@REDNOVA1

14 күн бұрын

Nothing was cut out. There is proof of the completed edit.

this just makes me sad

@SingTodayi

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Whatever a person does the result of him life is death.

@caroltenge5147

Жыл бұрын

I can only admire him. Just like Maxwell House Coffee.... He's "Good to the last drop"........

@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970

3 ай бұрын

Indeed...

@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970

3 ай бұрын

​@@SingTodayiIrrelevant Morbid Rubbish...

Looks beautiful back then Now it’s a bad area

@BradHall

8 ай бұрын

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Brad-not sure how you could monetize it. Do the John F. Long folks know about it? Maybe offer up some “restoration” idea for them where you profit from. I understand they have a Foundation but I did a couple Maryvale projects in the 90’s and they weren’t very interested. The is a non-profit group called Maryvale UNITE that perhaps you could do something with as a fundraiser for them and profitable for you. The UNITE folks still serve all the old timers on the west side. Really cool footage. Please keep me updated.

@BradHall

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ideas! I As far as the John F. Long company goes, I'd guess they have no interest in it, but I don't know. I've had these clips up for years, and you'd think they would have noticed. My only interest is in the Phoenix history, I have no interest in making a profit, but I'd like to see the film be preserved, and shared. This was a little throwaway bit of advertising in its day, now it's a precious part of Phoenix history. Hopefully someone will step up.

Compre y llévese su carrito ! Oh ! That's very good shopping !

Whatever a person does the result of him life is death. So sad to see Mr. Keaton old on this video.

Incredible stunt .

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6 ай бұрын

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The narrator sounds very familiar. I'm not sure if this is a well known person or if he's simply done promo films that I've seen in the past. Was Buster an investor in AZ real estate or did he do this promo because he was hired?

@BradHall

Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Yeah, the voice sounds kinda familiar to me too, but I can't place it. I have no idea if Buster was just hired talent or if he was more involved with this financially. I'll see what I can find out - if you can, please let me know! In the meantime, I'm gonna see if I can do the leap at the checkout. Just amazing - he was 66 years old when he did that!

@Natopera

Жыл бұрын

He was hired to do advertising, he did lots of advertising in the 50's and 60's it was easy money and he wanted to provide his wife who was 20 odd years younger than him with a nest egg.

Brad-Where did you get these segments?

@BradHall

6 жыл бұрын

I had a friend RIP them for me, and was hoping to promote the sale of the DVDs, but I never heard back from the guy who made the DVDs. It's too bad, because I think he could have made some sales! The film is public domain (it was a promotional film, meant to be seen by the public as much as possible) and I've been pondering if I could see if I should figure out a way to make a DVD of the whole thing. What do you think? I'm open to suggestions!

@phoenixarizona3663

6 жыл бұрын

Brad Hall is this the shopping center on 55th indian school

@JasmineSurrealVideos

4 жыл бұрын

@@BradHall I would really like to see the whole thing, it's wonderful to see Sir Buster himself in colour, and in a more modern environment than the 20s, I'm really loving these clips. Thanks for posting!

@BradHall

4 жыл бұрын

@@JasmineSurrealVideos Glad you liked it! Looks like the whole thing isn't available - I've been researching it, but I guess there's no reason for the John F. Long company to invest in selling it - it was just a throw-away that was used to sell houses. Fun, ain't it?!

@antoniod

4 жыл бұрын

@@BradHall The complete film is on a DVD set called INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH KEATON. It's out of print, but you can still get used copies.

looks similar to his twilight zone ep from the same era.

@BradHall

8 ай бұрын

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I don’t see a lot of black people living there…

@BradHall

9 ай бұрын

You are correct, Jasmine! This would be prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1968, a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots.

@markmaki4460

8 ай бұрын

Well Phoenix was scarcely 3% Black folks when i grew up in Maryvale 20 years after this in the early 1980s.

@jasminespencer3992

8 ай бұрын

@@markmaki4460 Yes I know I was half kidding. If you looked at any suburban development like this across the country in 1961 there would be no Black people just like here.

@merccadoosis8847

27 күн бұрын

@@jasminespencer3992 No Hispanics, either

@jasminespencer3992

27 күн бұрын

@@merccadoosis8847 they’re both there somewhere behind the scenes cleaning and cooking!

Looking at that parking lot - so peaceful, so quiet, so serene. Nowadays, they break into your car, carjack you, rob you. Whatever happened to America? 😢