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The Navigator (1924)

UNRATED  59 min  -  Comedy   -  13 October 1924 (USA)
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Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.

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Clyde Bruckman (story), Joseph A. Mitchell (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Buster Keaton ...
Kathryn McGuire Kathryn McGuire ...
Frederick Vroom Frederick Vroom ...
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Storyline

Rollo decides to marry his sweetheart Betsy and sail to Honolulu. When she rejects him he decides to go alone but boards the wrong ship, the "Navigator" owned by Betsy's father. Unaware of this, Betsy boards the ship to look for her father. whom spies capture before cutting the ship loose. It drifts out to sea with the two socialites each unaware of there being anyone else on board. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Ship | Sea | Scuba Diving | Millionaire | Slapstick  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Über, auf und unterm Meere See more »

Filming Locations:

Lake Tahoe, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$220,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Buster Keaton Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Director Cameo: [Donald Crisp] Photograph of the co-director as the face of the captain on the picture at porthole. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) is supposedly boiling eggs in a large pot, but he grips the edge of the pot, as well as a utensil that's been hanging inside the pot, without burning himself. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Leader of a small gathering: Gentlemen, the enemy have just purchased the steamship Navigator.
[Walks over to open the double doors, and gestures to a vessel outside]
Leader of a small gathering: There she lies now, and it is our patriotic duty to destroy that ship. We will send her adrift in the fog tonight before the new crew goes aboard. The wind - the tide - and the rocks will do the rest.
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