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Kathryn McGuire and Buster Keaton.
Photo: Silent Era low-res collection. |
Sherlock, Jr.
(1924) American
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 rival], Joseph Keaton [the father], Horace Morgan, Jane Connelly, Erwin Connelly, Ford West, George Davis, John Pattrick, Ruth Holly
Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell (Joseph Mitchell) and Clyde Bruckman. Art direction by Fred Gabourie. Costume design by Clare West. Lighting electrician Denver Harmon. 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 1.37:1 format. / Arbuckle’s participation in the direction of the final film is uncertain; Arbuckle had to be released from the film due to his unproductive work.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.4988.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Keywords: Bridges: Trestles - Chases - Correspondence courses - Film-within-film - Motion picture projectors - Police: Detectives - Theaters: Film (Projection booths, Projectionists) - Transportation: Automobiles, Motorcycles, Trucks
Listing updated: 23 July 2006.
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.
Home Video: DVD.
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