Comedy Classics Now On Video

Susan King Los Angeles Times

Kino on Video follows up its enormously successful 1995 “The Art of Buster Keaton” collection with a charming short film that the legendary screen clown made when he was 69.

The 1965 Canadian comedy “The Railrodder” ($30) finds him decked out in his familiar flat hat as he travels across the Canadian landscape in a railway handcar.

This award-winning short was the perfect vehicle for his masterful comedic timing. Included on the video is the engaging “Buster Keaton Rides Again,” a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of “Railrodder.” To order call (800) 562-3330.

W.C. Fields fans will be in heaven with Home Vision’s “W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films” ($20). The tape features Field’s first short-1915’s “Pool Sharks,” in which he recreates his famous pool game routine - and his first talkie, the riotous 1930 “The Golf Specialist.” Also included are four two-reelers he made for Mack Sennett: 1932’s “The Dentist,” which has restored two rather saucy scenes; 1933’s hysterical “The Fatal Glass of Beer,” in which he utters, “It ain’t a fit night out for man or beast”; 1933’s “The Pharmacist”; and “The Barber Shop.” The pristine prints were culled from the laser disc.

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