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The Paleface

  • 19221922
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 20m
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6.9/10
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Buster Keaton in The Paleface (1922)
ShortComedyWestern
Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
IMDb RATING
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3K
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    • Edward F. Cline
    • Buster Keaton
    • Edward F. Cline
    • Buster Keaton
    • Buster Keaton
    • Virginia Fox(uncredited)
    • Joe Roberts(uncredited)
    • Edward F. Cline
    • Buster Keaton
    • Edward F. Cline
    • Buster Keaton
    • Buster Keaton
    • Virginia Fox(uncredited)
    • Joe Roberts(uncredited)
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    • 18User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Indian Maiden
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    • The Indian Chief
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      • Edward F. Cline
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    • Trivia
      The film was restored in 2015 through Lobster Films, a process partially funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
    • Goofs
      In the external scene of the cabin, smoke is coming from the chimney. In the interior scene, there is no fire in the fireplace.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: A rival tribe of savages who went broke playing strip poker.

    • Alternate versions
      The version shown on the American Movie Classics channel was copyrighted in 1968 by Leopold Friedman and Raymond Rohauer. It had an uncredited music soundtrack and ran 21 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)

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    Not one of Buster's Best
    Buster Keaton plays a butterfly collector who is unlucky enough to stumble into an Indian reservation moments after it's chief has issued an order that the first white man they see is to be scalped after the tribe is duped out of their land. Of course, Keaton is initially blissfully unaware of the danger he's in. His sudden sprint for the reservation gates isn't because of a sudden realisation of the peril he's in but because he's just spotted a butterfly for his collection. The first half of this film, in which Keaton tries to elude the Indians, is the funniest, although the scene near the end in which he evades capture from another tribe of Indians by crossing a bridge that only has a dozen or so slats is pretty good. The film features some typical Keaton stunts and some good solid laughs but, in my opinion, this isn't quite one of his best.
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    • Oct 7, 2009

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 1922 (United States)
      • United States
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Buster Keaton Productions
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    • 20 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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