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Buster's handmade boat, The Damfino, is finished and is, of course, too large to get through the basement door. When he drives off with it in tow, the side of his house, then the whole thing, collapses. At the harbor he rides the boat out only to have it sink beneath him. The rest is a series of adventures he and his family have with the restored boat. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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10 November 1921 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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After several two-reelers co-starring Virginia Fox, Buster asked back Sybil Seely with the intention of combining this film and One Week (1920) into a four-reel comedy about the misadventures of a husband and wife. However, the feature never materialized. See more »Goofs
When the boat rolls, Keaton's feet are in different positions to where he hailed his shoes to the floor. See more »Quotes
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Buster Keaton just wants to take his family out on a pleasant boat trip to enjoy some sea breezes and sunshine. A simple enough request, no? Well if you've ever seen a Buster Keaton movie, you already know the answer to that question....
A pretty funny short that involves many of the pratfalls you would expect in a slapstick comedy about a doomed boating expedition -- people falling in the water (a lot), a dinner preparation gone all wrong when nothing is tied down, a storm and its predictable outcome on our beleaguered hero. A cute twist at the end reveals that our protagonist family was never in any danger to begin with.
The name of Keaton's boat is the Damfino, which provides a running joke and gives the film its final punchline.