King of comedy buster keatons 1928 masterpiece is still in a class of its own funny with heart. Germany alternative title, buster keaton dampferwillis sohn. Buster keaton ernest torrence marion byron 1928 a college wimp buster keaton tries to please his burly riverboatcaptain father ernest torrence. Keaton plays willie canfield, the nambypamby son of rough. Steamboat bill 1928 hd movie buster keaton youtube. When steamboat bill ends up in jail for defying an order banning his unsafe ship, junior makes a daring attempt to bring tools to prison so that his father can break free from his cell. Buster keaton reunites with his boat captain father in a mississippi river town. One of the most enduring images of the great buster keaton comes from this 1928 classic, in which a clueless keaton, wandering the streets of his. Steamboat bill, jr whatever may have been the real reason why united artists took its time about releasing this one, it had nothing to do with quality, for its a pip of a comedy. This category includes films that do not feature a particular star from our site, but. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In this silent comedy, college boy william canfield jr.
The attempt is a failure and junior gets hit on the head and sent to hospital. Buster keaton steamboat bill jr ernest torrence marion. With buster keaton, tom mcguire, ernest torrence, tom lewis. Buster keatons 1928 silent movie steamboat bill, jr, now on rerelease, is most famous for that staggeringly clever and ambitious shot of the house front with the strategically positioned open. Buster keaton steamboat bill jr ernest torrence marion byron silent movie comedy 1928 director charles reisner buster. Not the best of buster keatons silents, steamboat bill, jr. In all of busters best comedies, he figures out how to maneuver huge objects through the funniest and most insanely difficult ways possible trains in the general, a crew boat in college, and he maneuvers a really large steamboat with only an insanely simple yet complex set of ropes in steamboat bill, jr. The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his fathers crew. Steamboat bill, jr buster keaton 1928 720p full movie in hd. Steamboat bill, jr 1928, directed by charles f reisner. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Starring buster keaton, tom mcguire and ernest torence, the son of a steamboat captain joins his fatheras crew in steamboat bill jr. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
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