Steamboat Bill is Buster Keatons last film of 9 feature films and one of the last silent comedies. William Canfield known as steamboat Bill owns the riverboat Stonewall Jackson. He had a rival, the town banker, storekeeper, hotelkeeper, and the richest citizen in the town is trying to put bill out of business by making a new river packet, which he named after himself, the king. Bill goes to meet his son at the station. He wanted his son to be his partner to battle off the king with him. He realizes quickly that his son is a shrimp who plays a ukelele. Willie meets a girl and falls in love with her. This girl happens to be the daughter of J J king. Bill ends up in jail after many disagreements and fights with king. His boat is condemned. Willie tries to get his dad out of jail, and goes to the hospital due to a cyclone hitting river junction. Willie ends up saving the stonewall Jackson, his love (the girl), his father who was floating down the river in the jailhouse, the king, and a preacher. I liked this movie for the amount of action involved. During the cyclone the amount of houses crashing down, beds everywhere, trucks driving with boxes flying off, everything was just getting destroyed. Buster Keaton falls and slips numerous of times which is very funny during this cyclone. He even ends up in a barn at one point in a bed! This film was very action packed and hilarious.
Review of Steamboat Bill, Jr.
