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The International Buster Keaton Society

We frequently get questions about copyright with regards to screening Buster Keaton’s films, using his image etc. Read on for contacts for Cohen Media, Kino Lorber and Warner Bros.

Copyright is a complex issue as each country has their own copyright law in respect to rights to show movies or to use them as part of another project. We would advise consulting with a media lawyer in your country to advise on what you can legally do. Cohen Media hold the rights to Buster Keaton's image.

COHEN FILM COLLECTION‘s Rohauer Library is a world-renowned collection of rare movie classics. Long acclaimed for its immensity and entertainment value, this esteemed collection of over 700 titles spans 75 years of the cinema’s most dynamic eras. This unique screen treasure was amassed by Raymond Rohauer (1924–1987), the former film curator of the Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art in New York, who devoted his life to collecting these distinguished films. The Rohauer Library is the successor in rights (in most cases, all rights throughout the world) to the listed motion pictures of Buster Keaton, D. W. Griffith, the films of Marcel Hellman, Herbert Wilcox, Pendennis Films, Ltd., the Paramount short film library and others. These exclusive licenses and contracts bring to the Collection original nitrates, camera negatives, prints and other materials unavailable elsewhere, to assure the best prints possible.

Completed as part of a partnership with Cineteca di Bologna, Cohen offers restored versions of the following films for theatrical distribution or clips:

Shorts:

  • One Week – 2K
  • Neighbors – 4K
  • The High Sigh – 4K
  • The Goat – 2K
  • The Play House- 4K
  • The Paleface – 2K
  • Cops – 2K
  • The Frozen North – 2K

Features:

  • Our Hospitality – 2K 
  • Sherlock Jr. – 4K
  • The Navigator – 2K
  • Seven Chances – 4k
  • Go West – 4K
  • Battling Butler – 4K
  • The General – 4K
  • College – 2K
  • Steamboat Bill Jr. – 4K

Contact:

Cohen Film Collection

For more information on U.S. theatrical screenings, contact Maggie at maggie@dadafilms.net

For more information us usage of clips, and for international screenings, contact Liz Mackiewicz at 
lmackiewicz@cohenmedia.net

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KINO LORBER was founded in 2009 by industry veterans Donald Krim and Richard Lorber. Combining the staffs, libraries and resources of Kino International, Lorber Films and Alive Mind Cinema, Kino Lorber has quickly become new leader in distributing the finest Art-house and International films.

Kino Lorber offers restored versions of the following films for theatrical distribution, clips, home video and streaming:

Shorts:

  • The Butcher Boy
  • The Rough House
  • His Wedding Night
  • Oh, Doctor
  • Coney Island
  • A Country Hero
  • Out West
  • The Bell Boy
  • Moonshine
  • Good Night Nurse
  • The Cook

Shorts:

  • Back Stage
  • The Hayseed
  • The Garage
  • One Week
  • Convict 13
  • The Scarecrow
  • Neighbors
  • The Haunted House
  • Hard Luck
  • The High Sign
  • The Goat

Shorts:

  • The Play House
  • The Boat
  • The Paleface
  • Cops
  • My Wife’s Relations
  • The Blacksmith
  • The Frozen North
  • The Electric House 
  • Day Dreams
  • The Balloonatic
  • The Love Nest

Features:

  • Our Hospitality
  • 3 Ages
  • The General
  • College
  • Steamboat Bill, Jr. 

Contact:

For more information on theatrical screenings, contact Kino Lorber at info@kinolorber.com

For more information us usage of clips, contact Lobster Films, Paris at lobster@lobsterfilms.com

Main Website

Additional Exhibitor Information

 

Features:

  • Our Hospitality
  • Sherlock

Contact Warner Bros.

To create an Exhibitor account and apply to screen a Keaton film, visit:

https://wbclassics.warnerbros.com/