Educational Pictures, also known as Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. or Educational Films Corporation of America, was an American film production and film distribution company founded in 1916 by Earle Hammons (1882–1962). Educational primarily distributed short subjects; it is best known for its series of comedies starring Buster Keaton (1934–37) and the earliest screen appearances of Shirley Temple (1932–34). The company ceased production in 1938, and finally closed in 1940 when its film library was sold at auction.
Paul Terrytoons ad in The Film Daily, 1932 by Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.
"Toyland" produced by Frank Moser and Paul Terry-Toons, 1932
Educational Pictures ad in The Film Daily, 1929
Educational also produced animated film shorts. This 1918 short features Happy Hooligan.
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".
Keaton in 1925
Keaton as a child in vaudeville (c. 1897)
Six-year-old Keaton and his parents Myra and Joe Keaton, in a publicity photo for their vaudeville act, The Three Keatons
Buster Keaton's draft card; "motion picture performer" employed by Roscoe Arbuckle