Sherlock Jr. details
Movie Details:
- Director: Buster Keaton
- Produced By: MGM
- Year: 1924
- Run Time: 5rl
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy, Fantasy
- Filmed In: Silent, B&W
- Release: 1924 04 21 (USA)
- Key Cast: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane, Jane Connelly, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly, Horace Morgan, George Davis, Full Credits
- Awards: U.S. National Film Registry (Library of Congress 1990), Full Awards
The enduring power of this silent-era comedy classic from director/star Buster Keaton can be ascertained simply by recognizing how often its central concept has been cribbed, most notably by writer/director Woody Allen for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). Keaton is a cinema projectionist who dreams of being a famous detective, like Sherlock Holmes. In love with a beautiful girl (Kathryn McGuire), he presents her with chocolates and a ring, but another suitor (Ward Crane) also vies for her affections. The projectionist unsuccessfully tails his romantic rival, a deceitful sort who has stolen a watch from the girl's home and pawned it to buy her a larger box of candy. Falsely accused of the crime by his girlfriend's family, the heartbroken young man falls asleep at work while exhibiting a movie. He dreams that he walks into the screen and interacts with the film's characters -- now the players in the stolen watch imbroglio. by Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Keywords:
- chase
- detective
- employment
- fantasy
- film
- gift
- imagination
- investigation
- island
- love
- movie-theater
- pawnbroker
- projectionist
- reality
- train [locomotive]
- damsel-in-distress
- car-crash
Themes:
- Nothing Goes Right
- Amateur Sleuths
