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The General (1926)
The General or The Generals may refer to: Film and television * ''The General'' (1926 film), a Buster Keaton film * ''The General'' (1992 film), a Russian war film * ''The General'' (1998 film), a John Boorman drama about Dublin criminal Martin Cahill * ''The General'' (TV series), a British TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series about a hospital * "The General" (''The Prisoner''), an episode of ''The Prisoner'' * "The General", an episode of ''Spyforce'' * "The General", an episode of ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' Literature Fictional works * "The General", a 1918 poem by Siegfried Sassoon * ''The General'' (C. S. Forester novel), a work about a World War I general * ''The General'' (Muchamore novel), a novel in the CHERUB book series by Robert Muchamore * '' The General (series)'', a series of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling * ''The General'' (Sillitoe novel), a World War II novel by Alan Sillitoe * ''The Generals'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The General (1926 Film)
''The General'' is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir ''The Great Locomotive Chase'' by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman. At the time of its initial release, ''The General'', an action-adventure-comedy made toward the end of the silent era, was not well received by critics and audiences, resulting in mediocre box office returns (about half a million dollars domestically, and approximately one million worldwide). Because of its then-huge budget ($750,000 supplied by Metro chief Joseph Schenck) and failure to turn a significant profit, Keaton lost his independence as a filmmaker and was forced into a restrictive deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1954 the film entered the public domain in the United States because its claimant did not renew its copyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
