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Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the final product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. The film was not a box-office success and became the last picture Keaton made for United Artists.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.: Directed by Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis. The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
- (16K)
- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton
- 1928-05-20
Jan 1, 2021 · Steamboat Bill Jr. is a slapstick comedy where the visual gags and the stunts (all made by Buster Keaton without any trick) are more important than the story. It is characterised by frequent camera movements making it possible to cover a wide field while remaining close to the characters.
Feverishly, young Bill goes from person to person on the platform, holding out his lapel with a white carnation, hoping to locate his father. When he finally reaches his father, the flower has dropped from his lapel - and the display of his flower-less lapel brings no reaction.
Sep 17, 2015 · In the chaos of that astonishing storm, Steamboat Bill, Jr provides us with one of the defining images of this great star – a diminutive man poised at a 45 degree angle, bravely facing into the fierce winds, and determined to stay standing even as his whole world collapses around him.
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child. Charles Reisner. Director. Buster Keaton.
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 1928 USA. Directed by. Charles F. Riesner. Produced by. Joseph M. Schenck, Harry Brand. Written by. Carl Harbaugh. Featuring.
