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Carl Harbaugh (story)
Release Date:
20 May 1928 (USA)
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The Laugh Special of the Age. See It.
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The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew. full summary | add synopsis
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Amazing hurricane finale saves the film.
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(Complete credited cast) | Buster Keaton | ... | William Canfield Jr. |
 | Tom McGuire | ... | John James King |
| Ernest Torrence | ... | William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr. |
| Tom Lewis | ... | Tom Carter, first mate |
| Marion Byron | ... | Kitty King (credit only) |
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71 min | Argentina:73 min
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Marion Byron could not swim, so the scenes where her character is in the river with Buster were filmed with Buster's real-life sister Louise serving as Marion's stunt double. The two were both the same size - 4'11". The water was very cold and during a day of filming Buster and Louise consumed 4-5 glasses of French Brandy to keep them warm.
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Crew or equipment visible: Just before the house facade falls on Keaton, a stagehand can be seen through the first floor window giving it an extra push.
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William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.:
I'll run on this river if I'm the only passenger on the boat.
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Spoofed in Jackass Number Two (2006)
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A great deal of the film bored me, although there were some clever bits (Keaton meeting his girl in adjoining barber chairs, the pantomiming of the saw and tools baked into the loaf of bread). By the time we get to the last fifteen minutes we are ready for a socko finale and that is what we get. Some amazing stunts, including the famous one where a house front falls on Buster and he is saved, by standing in the exact location where an open window falls. Buildings are lifted away from the ground and deposited just as amazingly. One seems to fall right on Buster as he is walking, only to have him calmly open the door and walk out of it as if nothing has happened. His holding onto a tree which lifts into the air, blows along above ground and deposits him in the river is truly unexpected.
Kino's video makes use of an excellent print with organ, xylophone and sound effects (bells). Note the four note theme for the steamboat - it's Jerome Kern's "Cotton Blossom" from SHOWBOAT.
A bit slow going at times but worth sticking with for the amazing storm sequence.