ernie orsatti and mike donlin with buster keaton

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Posted By: Sean

Being a big Buster Keaton fan, I was excited to find these photos of him with Turkey Mike Donlin and Ernie Orsatti. However, the Donlin picture lists him as being on the far right and the man in this photo is clearly too old to be donlin (unless he wore heave makeup?).




From Sherlock Jr. Orsatti is the cop driving the bike:



Cast photo from free and easy. Apparently Orsatti just returned from the world series as this was taken just after the 1930 series:

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Posted By: ROBERT ADAMS JR

The first pic of Keaton under the table is of the 1927 CLASSIC " The General " . Mike Donlin is credited as being "Union General " TOP 5 MOVIES OF ALL TIME !!!

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Posted By: Sean

the thing is, donlin would have only been 50 when they made this, and the guy on the far right appears to be way over 50

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Posted By: ROBERT ADAMS JR

I,m thinking on the left .

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Posted By: Sean

def not on the far left as that is Joe Keaton, Buster's father

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Posted By: Rhys

Second From Left.

Rhys

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Posted By: ROBERT ADAMS JR

I,m guessing he did not have much range as an actor ?

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Posted By: ROBERT ADAMS JR

For those not familiar with the "THE GENERAL " THE most athletic movie of all time !!! Keaton risked his life every inch of the way .

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I think Rhys is correct, that looks like Donlin second from left, with his left elbow on the table.

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Posted By: Sean

I do too. Good work Rhys!
My fave buster keaton movie is sherlock jr, so I was suprised to see that ernie orsatti drove the motorcycle in the final chase scene. Pretty cool!

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Posted By: dennis

donlin looks like boris karlof to me.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

As many know, Babe Ruth appeared in a Harold Lloyd silent movie.

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Posted By: Sean

Yeah, its called "speedy" and its on the harold lloyd boxset that came out yesterday. Its awesome!