More Buster in Blu as Kino has announced the 3-disc Buster Keaton Shorts Collection (1920 - 1923) for release on July 12th in Standard DVD & Blu-Ray formats.

This marks the first time these shorts are available as a collection and it contains plenty of bonus features (below).

SYNOPSIS:
For the first time ever, Kino International proudly presents a box set of all of Buster Keaton’s classic silent short films in one collection. All films have been digital remastered in high definition and include all new extras.

DISC 1:

• The High Sign (1920/21, 19 Min.)
• One Week (1920, 24 Min.)
• Convict 13 (1920, 19 Min.)
• The Scarecrow (1920, 18 Min.)
• Neighbors (1921, 19 Min.)
• The Haunted House (1921, 20 Min.)
• Hard Luck (1921, 21 Min.)

DISC 2:

• The Goat (1921, 23 Min.)
• The Play House (1921, 23 Min.)
• The Boat (1921, 23 Min.)
• The Paleface (1922, 20 Min.)
• Cops (1922, 18 Min.)
• My Wife’s Relations (1922, 17 Min.)

DISC 3:

• The Blacksmith (1922, 21 Min.)
• The Frozen North (1922, 17 Min.)
• Day Dreams (1922, 19 Min.)
• The Electric House (1922, 23 Min.)
• The Balloonatic (1923, 22 Min.)
• The Love Nest (1923,  20 Min.)

BONUS FEATURES:

• Fifteen visual essays, illustrated with clips and stills, written by various Keaton experts.
• Four visual essays on the film’s locations by Silent Echoes author John Bengston
• Eight page booklet with an essay by Jeffrey Vanc, author of Buster Keaton Remembered
• The Men Who Would Be Buster, a collection of clips from slapstick films influenced by Keaton’s work
• Character Studies (ca. 1925) a gag film starring Carter DeHaven, with cameos by Keaton, Harold Lloyd Fatty Arbuckle and others
• Seeing Stars (excerpts) a 1922 promotional film featuring cameos by Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and others
• A series of brief, alternate / deleted shots from The Goat, The Blacksmith and The Ballonatic