Complete credited cast: | |||
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Edward Jobson | ... | Reverend Murray Hilton |
Beulah Booker | ... | Agnes Gates | |
Edward Connelly | ... | Mr. Musgrave | |
Edward Alexander | ... | Watson Flint | |
Irving Cummings | ... | Mark Turner | |
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Odette Tyler | ... | Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke |
Carol Holloway | ... | Rose Turner | |
Jack Livingston | ... | Dr. George Wainright | |
William H. Crane | ... | Nicholas Van Alstyne | |
Buster Keaton | ... | Bertie Van Alstyne |
Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich. His son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter. Mark also nearly ruins the family business by selling off Henrietta stock at too low a price. Bertie, of all people, must come to the rescue on the trading floor. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
"Saphead" is an awful romantic melodrama. Basically Keaton is just doing straight acting (the movie's based on a stage play). There is little comedy here.
But the 2 shorts included on the DVD -- "The High Sign" and "One Week" --are outstanding. They rate 8 and 9 scores, respectively. "One Week" anticipates many of Keaton's later gags and stunts, showing the kind of imagination and skill that made his films the funniest of the silent era (sorry, Charlie).