A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Jane Connelly
- The Mother
- (uncredited)
George Davis
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
Doris Deane
- Girl Who Loses Dollar Outside Cinema
- (uncredited)
Christine Francis
- Candy Store Girl
- (uncredited)
Betsy Ann Hisle
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Kewpie Morgan
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
Steve Murphy
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
John Patrick
- Conspirator
- (uncredited)
Ford West
- Theatre Manager
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhen Buster Keaton is running along the roofs of the moving freight train cars, he comes to the last one and jumps and grabs the tube connected to a water tower. His weight caused the tube to descend and, as it did so, water poured out and washed him on to the track with force, fracturing his neck nearly to the point of breaking it. This footage appears in the released film. Keaton suffered from blinding migraines for years afterwards and was unaware of the reason, until a doctor diagnosed him in the 1930s.
- GoofsAfter Sherlock Jr. spins the fence around, placing his pursuers behind it, he puts a crossbar across the gate to stop them from coming back. In the next shot, as he leaves the alley, the crossbar is no longer visible on the fence.
- Quotes
Projectionist: [as Sherlock Jr., riding on the handlebars of a motorcycle, unaware the driver fell off] Be careful or one of us will get hurt.
- Alternate versionsIn 1995, Film Preservation Associates, Inc. copyrighted a 45-minute version of this film, with a music score performed by Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks.
- ConnectionsEdited into When Comedy Was King (1960)
Featured review
A World of Possibilities
Not only is this Buster Keaton's best film, but it is among the greatest achievements in the history of cinema, period. While it is not a feature-length film--and thus barred from most critics' lists of great films--it invented just about every single basic special effect known to movies (except for morphing). The story itself, about a film projectionist who desires to become part of the movies, and then does, by walking right onto the screen, made palpable the desire that we all have to be in the movies: To get the girl, to be an action hero, to outsmart the bad guys. Keaton invented meta-cinema before anyone even had a phrase for it.
This movie has entered our dreams.
This movie has entered our dreams.
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- Also known as
- The Misfit
- Filming locations
- 3630 Pasadena Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA(Northleaf Grocery)
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- Gross worldwide
- $399
- Runtime45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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