Buster Keaton, a talented performer, trades his family's vaudeville act for a career in film. He initially struggles as a bit player, but soon gains fame as an actor and director. While casting director Gloria Brent secretly adores him, he becomes infatuated with a rising starlet. After being rebuffed, he turns to excessive drinking, which spirals out of control with the advent of sound and the decline of silent cinema, threatening his career.
The Buster Keaton Story
Pioneering silent film comedian Buster Keaton's life is brought to the big screen in this fictionalized biopic.