Battling Butler
(1926) American
B&W : Seven reels / 6970 feet
Directed by Buster Keaton

Cast: Buster Keaton [Alfred Butler], Sally O’Neil [the mountain girl], Walter James [her father], Buddy Fine [her brother], Snitz Edwards [Alfred’s valet], Francis McDonald [Alfred ‘Battling’ Butler], Mary O’Brien [his wife], Tom Wilson [his trainer], Eddie Borden [his manager]

Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, producton; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Paul Gerard Smith (Paul Girard Smith), Albert Boasberg, Lex Neal and Charles H. Smith, 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 director Fred Gabourie. Electrical effects by Ed Levy. 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]. Premiere 22 August 1926 in New York, New York. Released [?] 4 or 19? September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing

Listing updated: 5 August 2007.

References: 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-Guide p. 86; Shipman-Cinema p. 93; Sinyard-Silent pp. 114, 115 : Website-AFI.

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