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Unidentified player (driving), Buster Keaton and Steve Murphy (in background).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Sherlock, Jr.
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Four reels / 4065 feet
Directed by Buster Keaton + [Clyde Bruckman and Roscoe Arbuckle]
Cast: Buster Keaton [Sherlock, Jr.], Kathryn McGuire [the girl], Ward Crane [the local sheik], Joseph Keaton [the girl’s father], Horace Morgan, Jane Connelly [the girl’s mother], Erwin Connelly [the hired hand; and the butler], Ford West [the theatre manager], George Davis [a conspirator], John Patrick [a conspirator], Kewpie Morgan [a conspirator], Steve Murphy [a conspirator], Christine Francis [the candy store clerk], Doris Deane [the woman who claims the dollar], Tom Murray [the bearded man who finds the wallet], Ruth Holly
Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [A Metro Attraction]. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell (Joseph Mitchell) and Clyde Bruckman, from a screen story by Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell (Joseph Mitchell) and Clyde Bruckman. Art direction by Fred Gabourie. Costume design by Clare West. Lighting electrician, Denver Harmon. Photography (cinematography) by Elgin Lessley and Byron Houck. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 22 April 1924 by Joseph M. Schenck Productions [LP20125]. Released 21 April 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Arbuckle’s participation in the direction of the final film is uncertain; Arbuckle was released from the film due to his unproductive work.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.4988.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [first-generation 35mm interpositive safety positive; second-generation duplicate positive]; and in the Harvard Film Archive film archive [third-generation safety positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Bridges: Trestles - Chases - Correspondence courses - Film-within-film - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Motion picture projectors - Theaters: Film (Projection booths, Projectionists) - Transportation: Automobiles, Motorcycles, Trucks
Listing updated: 25 October 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.4988; Bohn-Light p. 101; Brownlow-Parade pp. 314, 486, 487-488, 489; Dardis-Keaton pp. 74, 106-108, 113, 119, 291; Eames-MGM p. 14; Edmonds-Arbuckle pp. 229, 271; Everson-American pp. 273, 310d; Everson-Detective p. 211; Kerr-Silent pp. 37, 98, 124, 212-213, 219, 222, 224, 227-229, 232, 234-235, 244; Lahue-World pp. 143, 145; Limbacher-Feature p. 221; Schelly-Langdon p. 56; Shipman-Cinema pp. 82, 84; Sinyard-Silent pp. 112, 115; Sklar-Movie p. 119; Vermilye-Twenties p. 101 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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