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Sherlock Jr. Essay by David Johansson. From the destruction of a railroad bridge―with a train on top―in The General (1926) to the collapse of a house around his ears in Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), Buster Keaton went to great lengths to entertain his public. While his characters walked away stone-faced and unharmed, the actor often suffered ...
Sherlock Jr. 1924 Credits Directed by: Buster Keaton and Roscoe ArbuckleRelease Date: April 21, 1924Length: 5 Reels (4065 feet) StarringBuster Keaton: Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.Kathryn McGuire: The GirlJoe Keaton: The Girl’s Father / Man on Film ScreenWard Crane: The Local Sheik / The VillainErwin Connelly: The Hired Man / The ButlerJane Connelly: The Mother (uncredited)Ford […]
Sherlock Jr. < The Greatest Films of All Time Buster Keaton’s third feature is a breathtakingly virtuosic display of every silent comedy technique imaginable, from his own formidable physical skills to some then-groundbreaking camera trickery.
Sherlock Jr. Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle's master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started ...
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Sherlock, Jr. is about the possibilities of cinema in so many ways, a film that on-paper is a perfectly-great comedic jaunt in-line with the rest of its creator's oeuvre but also serves as an early reflection of what screen and audience means, that not only holds up over the years as a timeless piece of masterful film-making but also achieves a new resonance with the introduction of additional ...
Apr 21, 2024 · Sherlock Jr. at 100 years is a cinematic masterpiece celebrated for its thrilling stunts and meta gags on filmmaking itself. Buster Keaton's character dreams his way through film reality ...
Oct 7, 2022 · Desperate to clear his name, the projectionist dreams of being the great Sherlock Jr., and in one of cinemas most iconic sequences, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life. Directed by Buster Keaton. Story by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joe Mitchell. Cinematography by Byron Houck & Elgin Lessley.
