A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Jane Connelly
- The Mother
- (uncredited)
George Davis
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
Doris Deane
- Girl Who Loses Dollar Outside Cinema
- (uncredited)
Christine Francis
- Candy Store Girl
- (uncredited)
Betsy Ann Hisle
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Kewpie Morgan
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
Steve Murphy
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
John Patrick
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
Ford West
- Theatre Manager
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Buster Keaton is running along the roofs of the moving freight train cars, he comes to the last one and jumps and grabs the tube connected to a water tower. His weight caused the tube to descend and, as it did so, water poured out and washed him on to the track with force, fracturing his neck nearly to the point of breaking it. This footage appears in the released film. Keaton suffered from blinding migraines for years afterwards and was unaware of the reason, until a doctor diagnosed him in the 1930s.
- GoofsAfter Sherlock Jr. spins the fence around, placing his pursuers behind it, he puts a crossbar across the gate to stop them from coming back. In the next shot, as he leaves the alley, the crossbar is no longer visible on the fence.
- Quotes
Projectionist: [as Sherlock Jr., riding on the handlebars of a motorcycle, unaware the driver fell off] Be careful or one of us will get hurt.
- Alternate versionsIn 1995, Film Preservation Associates, Inc. copyrighted a 45-minute version of this film, with a music score performed by Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks.
- ConnectionsEdited into When Comedy Was King (1960)
Featured review
Fantastic filmmaking from one of the world's greatest
Sherlock, Jr. arguably exceeds The General as Buster Keaton's greatest achievement -- it is certainly more magical in its use of extraordinary special effects and unconventionally humorous situations. Movies about movies are a dime a dozen, but rather difficult to do well. Keaton's brilliant structuring of the story -- a fantastic treat for audiences when his pathetic projectionist becomes the genius detective through a literal entering of the movie screen -- has been imitated dozens of times, but I always come back to this unsurpassable rendering. Watching Keaton play the scene where he studies how to go about kissing his best girl by peeking at a movie version of the same event always reduces me to simultaneous jags of tears and laughter.
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- Jan 19, 1999
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- Also known as
- The Misfit
- Filming locations
- 3630 Pasadena Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA(Northleaf Grocery)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $399
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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