The Blacksmith (1922)

Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.

Directors:

Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair

Writers:

Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair

Stars:

Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Buster Keaton	...	Blacksmith's Assistant (as 'Buster' Keaton)

Storyline

Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.

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Plot Keywords:

horse | rolls royce | blacksmith | sheriff | magnet | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 1922 (USA)

Also Known As:

A kovács

Company Credits

Production Co:

First National Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The gleaming Rolls-Royce which is destroyed in the film was reportedly a wedding present given to Buster Keaton by his in-laws. By the time this film was made, relations with them had soured considerably.

User Reviews

Hysterical! I Laughed Myself Silly!

Welcome back everyone, now I am going to review another Buster Keaton short film, The Blacksmith. In my point of view, this Buster Keaton short film is hysterical, I laughed myself silly all the way through, from the very beginning of this short to the very end of this short, I laughed myself silly all the way through! I just totally love Buster Keaton, and that is probably a huge reason on why I love all of his feature films and all of his short films that I have seen in my life! Buster Keaton is just plain lovable, he is hysterical, he is clever, he is lovable, he is acrobatic, he is BUSTER KEATON! Anyway, this is another short film that all fans of Buster Keaton are going to love!

So if you have not yet seen this very hysterical short film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, then I would totally and completely recommend that you do see it, because just like I did, you are going to be laughing and laughing yourself silly, you are going to be laughing so hard, that chances are that no sound will come out! And that is probably really saying something because I have laughed at all of Buster Keaton's films!

VERY FUNNY!

10/10