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Buster Keaton.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Navigator
Also known as La croisière de Navigator in France
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5600 feet
Directed by Donald Crisp and Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton [Rollo Treadway], Kathryn Maguire (Kathryn McGuire) [Betsy O’Brien], Frederick Vroom [John O’Brien, her father], Noble Johnson [the cannibal chief], Clarence Burton [a spy], H.M. Clugston [a spy]
Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn Attraction]. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell and Jean Havez, from a screen story by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell and Jean Havez. Costume design by Clare West. Electrician, Denver Harmon. Technical direction by Fred Gabouri (Fred Gabourie). Photography (cinematography) by Elgin Lessley and Byron Houck. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 14 October 1924 by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP20689]. Released 13 October 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Production cost: $220,000.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [third-generation 35mm safety duplicate positive, 35mm positives]; and in Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée [CNC] film archive [35mm nitrate negative (B-camera European negative)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Cannibals - Espionage: Spies - Mansions - Millionaires - Transportation: Automobiles, Cars, Ships - Water
Listing updated: 25 October 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 292, 293, 318; Barry-Griffith p. 30; Bohn-Light p. 101; Brownlow-Parade pp. 474, 475, 489, 490, 494; Dardis-Keaton pp. 4, 66-67, 94, 109-113, 122, 126, 127, 133, 134, 148, 153, 161, 163, 166, 171, 173, 176, 200, 219, 250, 271, 272, 273, 291, 322; Eames-MGM p. 15; Everson-American p. 310e; Fell-History p. 96; Kerr-Silent pp. 10, 235, 236, 237-240, 345; Leish-Cinema pp. 62, 63; Limbacher-Feature p. 170; Shipman-Cinema p. 84; Sinyard-Silent pp. 112, 115; Sklar-Movie p. 119; Sweeney-Coming p. 77; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 100-101 : ClasIm-224 p. 55 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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