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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
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.
1928 · Directed by Charles Reisner · 70 min · Comedy · Romance · 8 frames
Tagline
The Laugh Special of the Age. See It.
Crew
- Screenplay: Buster Keaton
- Cinematography: Devereaux Jennings, Bert Haines
- Edited by: Sherman Kell
Cast
- Buster Keaton as Steamboat Bill Jr.
- Tom McGuire as John King
- Ernest Torrence as Steamboat Bill Sr.
- Tom Lewis as Tom Carter
- Marion Byron as Kitty King
- James T. Mack as Minister (uncredited)
- Ford West as Barber (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: No Language
- Studios: Buster Keaton Productions, Joseph M. Schenck Productions
- Themes: wind, river, girlfriend, jail, steamboat, black and white, makeover, rescue from drowning, silent film, barbershop
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