- Robert Arkus, Film Historian
- Christina Cook, Student Presenter, Washburn University
- Steven Gragert, Director, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore, OK
- David Macleod, Keaton historian and co-founder of the Blinking Buzzards Buster Keaton Apprciation Society in the United Kingdom
- Lary May, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Hooman Mehran, Film historian and C0-editor of The Chaplin Review
- Cynthia Miller, PhD, Emerson College, Boston, MA
- Susan Raines, Executive Directory of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, Iola, KS
- Frank Scheide, PhD, University of Arkansas
- Bill Shaffer, Producer/Director, KTWU, Channel 11
- Kevin Sweeney, PhD, University of Tampa
- John Tibbetts, PhD, University of Kansas
Celebration Web Archives:
2007: "Keaton and Douglas Fairbanks"
2006: "Keaton and the Funny Ladies"
2005: "Keaton and W.C. Fields"
2004: "Keaton and Ernie Kovacs "
2003: "Keaton and 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"
Speakers List: 1993-1995
Keaton was born near Iola, KS at Piqua in 1895
Visit Iola's official Keaton Celebration site.
Visit the Buster Keaton Museum, Piqua, Kansas,
site by John Kemp.
Visit International Buster Keaton Society.
This event is funded by the Kansas Humanities Council, with help from the Iola Tourism Fund and private donors.
Sponsored by the Keaton Celebration Committee in cooperation with the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.
Check the Kansas Silent Film Festival web site. This free event is held each Februaary in Topeka, KS.
Photo collage ©2008 by Carol Yoho
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FRI., Sept. 26, 2008
Registration, 9:30 a.m., Bowlus Fine Arts Center (There are no fees)
Beginning 9:50 a.m.
Susan Raines: Welcome & Introductions
Emcee: Frank Scheide
Steven Gragert: "Will Rogers: Oklahoma's Centennial Gift to America"
Q&A, 10 minutes
Kevin Sweeney: "Keaton and Comedy"
Screening of Big Moments from Little Pictures, (1924) silent short starring Will Rogers
12:00 Noon, Lunch (on your own)
Resuming 1:30 p.m.
Screening of The Ropin' Fool, (1922) silent short starring Will Rogers
John Tibbetts: "Will Rogers: The 'Poet Lariat' of Cinema"
Robert Arkus: "Rare Keaton and Rogers Video: Screening of Seldom Seen Footage"
Q&A, 10 minutes
BREAK
Screening of Uncensored Movies, (1923) silent short starring Will Rogers, & Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow, Part 1, (1987) Kevin Brownlow's documentary on Keaton
5:15 p.m., Dinner (on your own)
Friday Evening of Silent Cinema, 7:30 p.m.
Doug Watson stars live in a First Person Portrayal of Will Rogers
Short: Neighbors (1920) starring Buster Keaton
Feature: Doubling for Romeo (1921) starring Will Rogers
—films with live musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
SAT., Sept. 27, 2008
8:30 a.m. Registration (There are no fees)
Beginning 9:00 a.m.
Susan Raines : Welcome & Introductions
Emcee: Bill Shaffer
David Macleod: "Buster Keaton: Un-American Hero"
Q&A, 10 minutes
Doug Watson: "Will Rogers, Humorist (1879-1935)," a First Person Portrayal,
Kansas Humanities Council's History Alive Program
BREAK
Frank Scheide: "Cherokee Philosophy as American Heritage: Will Rogers and the 'White Path'"
Q&A, 10 minutes
11:45 a.m., Lunch (on your own)
Resuming 1:00 p.m.:
Hooman Mehran: Welcome & Introductions
Emcee: Hooman Mehran
Cynthia Miller: "The Absurdity of Convention: The Parodies and Practicalities of Will Rogers's Humor"
Q&A, 10 minutes
Christina Cook: "The Human Mop and the Cherokee Kid: The Coming of Age of Two Heroic Funnymen"
Q&A, 10 minutes
BREAK
Lary May: "My Ancestors Did Not Come Over on the Mayflower: Will Rogers and the Politics of Multi Cultural America"
Q&A, 10 minutes
Movie Intro & Cartoon
Screening of Steamboat 'Round the Bend, (1935) a Will Rogers sound feature
5:20 p.m., Dinner (on your own)
Saturday Evening of Screenings, 7:30 p.m.
Welcome and introductions by Emcee Bill Shaffer
Short: Don't Park There, (1924) starring Will Rogers
Feature: Steamboat Bill, Jr., (1928) starring Buster Keaton
With live musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
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