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Battling Butler
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6970 feet
Directed by Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton [Alfred Butler], Snitz Edwards [Alfred’s valet], Sally O’Neil [the mountain girl], Walter James [her father], Bud Fine (Buddy Fine) [her brother], Francis McDonald [Alfred ‘Battling’ Butler], Mary O’Brien [his wife], Tom Wilson [his trainer], Eddie Borden [his manager], [?] ? [‘The Alabama Murderer’]
Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, producton; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production]. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Paul Gerard Smith (Paul Girard Smith), Al Boasberg (Albert Boasberg), Charles H. Smith and Lex Neal, from the adaptation by Ballard MacDonald of the musical play Battling Butler by Stanley Brightman and Austin Melford, with music by Philip Braham and lyrics by Douglas Furber. Technical direction by Fred Gabourie. Electrical effects by Ed Levy. Photography (cinematography) by J.D. Jennings (J. Devereaux Jennings) and Bert Haines. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 30 August 1926 by Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated [LP23068]. Premiered 22 August 1926 in New York, New York. Released [?] 4 or 19? September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection, formerly Keaton’s personal materials) [35mm nitrate A-camera negative, 35mm nitrate positives, second-generation 35mm duplicate negative]; in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive]; and in the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique film archive [35mm nitrate positive (struck from the European 35mm B-camera negative).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing
Listing updated: 24 October 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Baer-Film p. 19; Brownlow-Parade p. 488; Dardis-Keaton pp. 67, 114, 122, 133, 134, 144, 145, 149, 173, 176, 190, 200, 272, 292; Eames-MGM p. 28; Kerr-Silent pp. 218, 236, 237, 243, 244; Kobal-Fifty p. 22; Limbacher-Feature p. 17; Maltin-Classic p. 43; Shipman-Cinema p. 93; Sinyard-Silent pp. 114, 115 : Website-AFI.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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