Silent Film Series: The General (1926)
Weinberg Center for the Arts 20 West Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United StatesThe General is a 1926 an action-adventure-comedy made toward the end of the silent era starring Buster Keaton. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The story …