Speak Easily DVD

Keaton speaks! (And sounds a bit like Dustin Hoffman). Released in 1932, Speak Easily tells the tale of Professor Post, a bookish don who becomes convinced he has inherited a fortune, and, tired of teaching, decides to experience life outside the walls of Potts college. After falling for a beautiful dancer, he decides to invest in her theatre show with the intention of taking it to Broadway. Naïve in the ways of women, wine and the proscenium arch, he tries his best to bring a sense of scholarly order to the proceedings. However he has to cope with vampish leading lady Eleanor Espere, a tyrannical director, and pianist Jimmy ‘schnozzle’ Durante. As opening night on Broadway arrives and the audience waits, will everything go smoothly for the Professor? Or will he crash onstage and ruin the performance only for the audience to find it the funniest thing they have ever seen and turn a disaster into a sure fire hit (eat your heart out Mel Brooks)? Buster Keaton is one of the most loved of all the classic black and white film comedians, whose deadpan features have inspired generations of funny men. This will be the first time ’Speak Easily’ has been released on DVD in the UK.

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