The Love Nest (1923)

In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.

Director:

Buster Keaton

Writers:

Buster Keaton, Jeffrey Vance (titles)

Stars:

Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Buster Keaton	...	Buster Keaton
Joe Roberts	...	Captain of the Whaler
Virginia Fox	...	The Girl

Storyline

Buster bids goodbye to Virginia and all women, sailing away in his "Cupid." Later, without food or water, he is taken on board "The Love Nest" which has a very mean captain. A crewman who spills coffee on the captain's hand is thrown overboard. So is anyone else who bothers the captain.

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Plot Keywords:

captain | whaling ship | boat | written and directed by cast member | actor shares first name with character

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1923 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Liebesnest

Company Credits

Production Co:

Buster Keaton Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min 23 min (reconstructed)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Buster Keaton's final silent short film.

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Quotes

Himself: (to the pirates) Men, I am now your captain. I will raise your pay and get you an insurance policy!

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Connections

Featured in Den gamle biograf: Episode #1.9 (2011)

User Reviews

Now This Is Yet Another Very Funny Buster Keaton Short!

Now it is the time that I am going to review yet another Buster Keaton short film that I have seen, the Love Nest. In my opinion, this is yet another very funny Buster Keaton short that has got a very large amount of laughs in it!

Buster Keaton is of course very hysterical in this short, well he was just about hysterical in all of the feature films and short films that I have seen him in, Buster Keaton was just a great actor, nothing more, nothing less, Buster Keaton was overall just a very remarkable actor with a very large amount of talent! Buster Keaton could not only act, but he also did very remarkable jobs at directing movies, because I have seen quite a few of his movies that he directed and I loved them all!

This short has also got my favorite Buster Keaton supporting actor, Joe Roberts! I don't really know why, but I refer to what ever character Joe Roberts plays as "Big Bad Billy!" I don't know why I gave him that name, it is just that he is big, bad, and he looks like a Billy, and so he is now known to me as "Big Bad Billy!"

In my opinion of view, I just totally am fond of this very hysterical marvel of a short film brought to us by the very fabulous Buster Keaton!

10/10