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Edward Jobson | ... |
Reverend Murray Hilton
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Beulah Booker | ... |
Agnes Gates
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Edward Connelly | ... |
Mr. Musgrave
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Edward Alexander | ... |
Watson Flint
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Irving Cummings | ... |
Mark Turner
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Odette Taylor | ... |
Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke
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Carol Holloway | ... |
Rose Turner
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Jack Livingston | ... |
Dr. George Wainright
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William H. Crane | ... |
Nicholas Van Alstyne
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Bertie Van Alstyne
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Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich. His son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter. Mark also nearly ruins the family business by selling off Henrietta stock at too low a price. Bertie, of all people, must come to the rescue on the trading floor. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
This film is not up to Buster Keaton's standards. The most interesting part of the film is the introduction, in which you see shadows of the stars in picture frames and then the shadows come to life and you see some of the stars of the movie. It's been said that this movie is a re-make of The Lamb (1915), but it isn't. The Lamb, which was Douglas Fairbanks' film debut, was much better. Fairbanks' character wasn't a wimp, like Keaton's character is in The Saphead. The only reason I don't give it a lower score is because of Keaton's presence in the movie, even though there is not much to like about his character. He's a wimp. So if you're looking for an example of his work, just about any of his other silent features or shorts that he stars in would be better than this.