Directed by Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp • 1924 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom
Buster Keaton sets sail for misadventure in what would prove to be his biggest commercial hit, a slapstick riot that makes ingenious use of its setting: a 500-foot, lost-at-sea steamship. Here, Buster stars as Rollo Treadway, a spoiled rich boy who’s got plenty of dollars but no common sense. When he inadvertently winds up adrift on an enormous yacht with only a similarly wealthy, clueless young woman (Kathryn McGuire) onboard, the stage is set for nautical hijinks involving an octopus, swordfish, cannibals, daredevil deep-sea diving, and more.
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Sherlock Jr.
Directed by Buster Keaton • 1924 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe KeatonReality and movie fantasy merge to brilliantly surreal effect in one of Buster Keaton’s most formally innovative features—a whirlwind of astonishing optical tricks and meta-cinematic invention. H...
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Go West
Directed by Buster Keaton 1925 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen MyersNotable for its streak of sweet sentimentality—rare in a Buster Keaton feature—this endearing slapstick western features the filmmaker-star as an idealistic young man (known as Friendless) wh...
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Seven Chances
Directed by Buster Keaton • 1925 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Ruth DwyerIt’s a race to the altar when down-on-his-luck stockbroker Jimmie Shannon (Buster Keaton) learns that he stands to inherit seven million dollars if he gets married by seven p.m. on his twenty-seve...
