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Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring and directed by Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane.
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Sherlock Jr.: Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly. A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
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- Action, Comedy, Romance
- Buster Keaton
- 1924-05-11
Jun 25, 2024 · Disgraced, a dejected Buster dreams that he is the famous, dashing detective Sherlock Jr., who retrieves a stolen necklace of pearls. Apparently a 1922 John Barrymore film, Sherlock Holmes, inspired the change in title.
Steve Seid. Buster Keaton’s would-be sleuth dreams himself into movie-heroic mastery in this dazzling, evergreen, meta masterpiece of silent comedy.
He has little luck, but in his dreams he is the debonair, renowned detective Sherlock Jr., who faces danger and solves the crime. In real life, the girl solves crimes quickly. — garykmcd. A young man works as a projectionist at a movie theatre but dreams of becoming a famous detective.
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The inexpressive-faced Keaton starred as a humble Walter Mitty-type character - a lovelorn film projectionist (and janitor) simply named The Boy who dreamt of becoming a renowned master detective (Sherlock Jr.) and took a correspondence course to study the art of crime-fighting in 10 sessions.
