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21 July 1922 (USA)
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Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results. full summary | add synopsis
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Rolls Royce
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Blacksmith
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Palm Tree
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(Complete credited cast) | Buster Keaton | ... | Blacksmith's assistant |
 | Joe Roberts | ... | Blacksmith |
| Virginia Fox | ... | Horsewoman |
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Argentina:25 min | Spain:19 min | USA:21 min
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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.
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A young blacksmith's apprentice, through the usual in luck and malfunctioning gadgetry, ends up with control of the works for a while. There he tries to make do with all he's learned and what he has, including clever little jokes like horse's shoes in shoeboxes, a watch that needs to be fixed by fire, and a horse-back shock absorber. However, despite his genuine attempts at making everyone happy, eventually all of the customers grow irate, putting the young blacksmith-to-be in danger.
Typical Keaton in its inventiveness, this one has not much to make it stand out from any of his other works except for the delightful destruction of a high-class care, a neat little subversive poke towards conspicuous consumption sentiments. Otherwise, pick a plot line from any other Keaton short, make it revolve around a blacksmith's shop, and you got this neat little fun-fest.
--PolarisDiB