Speakers & Special Guests, 1993-1995

1995: Hero Behind the Clown
John Tibbetts Frederick Krebs Patricia Tobias Frank Scheide Eleanor Keaton James Karen David Shepard (first Buster Award winner) Lance Schwulst (Kino) Karolyn Wilkerson (panelist, former child star) In 1993 attendees celebrated the centennial of the birth of Buster Keaton.
1994: Keaton & the Machine of Dreams
John Tibbetts Frederick Krebs Wes Gehring Patricia Tobias Kenneth Mars James Karen Eleanor Keaton Again, this was a one-day celebration.
1993: Keaton Celebration
John Tibbetts Frederick Krebs (speech read by Clyde Toland due to Kreb's absence) In the first year, a plaque was dedicated in Piqua, KS, near what is now the Buster Keaton Museum during morning hours. After lunch attendees met at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, Iola, for a program by the two speakers listed above.

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Below are links to a photo archive of the celebrations since 1996.

Keaton Celebration Archive:

2013: Keaton, Chaplin and "The Fabulous Fifties
2012: The Timeless Comedy of Buster Keaton
2011: Keaton & and the Kansas Filmmakers
2010: Keaton & the Sad Clowns
2009: Keaton & WWI
2008: Keaton & Will Rogers
2007: Keaton & Douglas Fairbanks
2006: Keaton & the Funny Ladies
2005: Keaton & W.C. Fields
2004: Keaton & Kovacs
2003: Keaton Vaudeville
2002: 10th Anniversary Celebration
2001: 2001, a Keaton Odyssey
2000: Keaton and Laurel & Hardy
1999: Keaton and Lloyd
1998: Keaton and Pickford
1997: Keaton and Chaplin
1996: Keaton and Arbuckle

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