Set in the Deep South with Keaton as the wimpish son of a steamboat captain who ultimately proves himself in helping his father fight off a wealthy rival. Particularly memorable is the hat-buying sequence and the remarkably staged cyclone sequence in which the town is destroyed around a stoic Buster. Version without musical soundtrack also available on 16mm.
Credits: Director, Chas F. Reisner ; photographers, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines ; writers, Carl Harbaugh, Buster Keaton ; piano accompaniment, William Perry.
Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron.
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F000062
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Black and White
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16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)