1926 train stunt - GIF

[Jon]

1926 train stunt.




Previously:

1930s early car ramp jump stunt - GIF
Buster Keaton railroad crossing stunt - GIF
Train "goodbye scene" filming rig - GIF

[JoeVanGeaux]

I'm not much of a Hollywood fan, but my guess is that for some stunts you only get ONE "take".

[nova_robotics]

Buster Keaton was an absolute madman. There's no way you could get away with stuff like that today.

[Hoosiersmoker]

You'd never see a Hollywood actor with hands that dirty either! Buster Keaton was a physical comedy genius... No choice until talkies came around!

[CharlesWaugh]

In his later years, he went to get life insurance and had to have a full physical. The doctor asked when he had broken his neck. Keaton replied, "Never"
The doctor showed him the x-rays that indicated a broken neck at some point.
Keaton then mentioned that time he jumped off a bridge onto the last car of a moving train for stunt . . . but missed. He said his neck did hurt for a month or two after.

Ah! The 'good old days!'