Directed By- Buster Keaton
Writer(s)- Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez
Starring- Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane
Critics Review- "Clever, fun-filled intro into silent films (with subtitles)."- Carrie R.Wheadon "Common Sense Media"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- None Audience- 94%
Out a possible of 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars
My Review-
This is my first silent film on this list. I have seeing a few silent films before and this has to probably one of the funniest that I have seen. From what I got from my professor is that Keaton was one of the most well known silent actors that did comedy, next to Chaplin. In my opinion they are both just as funny, the only thing I really had a problem with was the music, I thought that it did not fit so well with the movie, well some of the music did in certain parts, others did not. Since the whole movie was silent, I really liked how Keaton expressed his comedy sort of being over the top but not quite over. The movie was quite short but it was done well, and when it was all over I saw that it was just the right amount of time to show everything that they wanted to show in the film. I would like to add other silent films to my list, and more Buster Keaton films as well since he was also known for doing all of his own stunts, and by watching this movie some of the were really dangerous. some silent films I found to be too long and boring, but this one was just right. Maybe because it was a comedy, but I will give more and more silent films a chance whether they are serious or just for comedy.
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