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Sherlock Jr.

1924, Movie, NR, 44 mins

SHERLOCK JR.
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Buster Keaton's comic masterpiece SHERLOCK JR. is not only one of the funniest movies of all time, filled with staggering stunts, amazing sight gags, and mind-boggling cinematic tricks, but it's also a brilliant meditation on the nature of the film medium itself, perhaps the best ever made. A movie projectionist (Buster Keaton), who's studying to be a detective by reading a how-to book, wants to buy an expensive box of candy for his girlfriend, but only has one dollar, so he... read more leave a comment
Director and star Buster Keaton dozes off in the projection room and dreams himself into the movie in this famous sequence from Sherlock Jr., 1924.
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Buster Keaton's appears in his second role as the title character in the acclaimed silent comedy Sherlock Jr., 1924.
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The hero (Buster Keaton) follows his detective's handbook and his suspect (Ward Crane) in Keaton's celebrated 1924 short feature Sherlock Jr..
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The opening sequence introduces the title character's real-life persona and his boss (Ford West) in Buster Keaton's action-fantasy-comedy Sherlock Jr., 1924.
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Year: 1924
Rated NR

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Cast
Buster Keaton: Projectionist/Sherlock Jr.
Kathryn Maguire: The Girl
Ward Crane: The Rival/The Villain
Joseph Keaton: The Father
Erwin Connelly: The Butler/Villain's Henchman
Horace Morgan

 

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