A large vintage still from the silent film "The General" (1926, directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman). A train engineer Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) eavesdrops the loaded cannon which is in process to fire. Vintage silver photo print with some visible silvering, probably 1970s-80s.

Silvering' on the photo, the silver oxidation of the silver-based emulsion is characterized by a yellowing and sometimes silver mirroring along the lines of contrast between high and low lighting and can appear partially or cover the whole image.

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (1895-1966) was an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and stuntman. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" as having made him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies." In 1996, Entertainment Weekly recognized Keaton as the seventh-greatest film director, and in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male movie star of classic Hollywood cinema.

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