Buster Keaton brought Hollywood to Cottage Grove (Part 2 of 2)
And then there was the climactic scene, which is the main thing people talk about in South Lane County when this movie comes up.....
Offbeat Oregon History podcast · Finn J.D. John
December 12, 20259m 58s
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And then there was the climactic scene, which is the main thing people talk about in South Lane County when this movie comes up. It was literally a train wreck, although metaphorically it was anything but. Buster wanted the climax of the movie to involve a locomotive falling through a burning bridge into a river. .... (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2409d-1002b.buster-keaton-the-general-in-cottage-grove-668.061.html)