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Steamboat Bill, Jr /

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A college student is forced by his crusty father to learn the ropes of riverboating during a feud between his father and a rival.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Kino International Corporation, Biograph Players
Other Authors: Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, Byron, Marion, 1911-1985, Torrence, Ernest, 1878-1933, Riesner, Charles, 1887-1962, Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961, Harbaugh, Carl, 1886-1960
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Published: New York : Kino International, [2010]
Subjects:
Steamboats > Drama.
Steamboat workers > Drama.
River boats > Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Slapstick comedy films.
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary:A college student is forced by his crusty father to learn the ropes of riverboating during a feud between his father and a rival.
Item Description:Requires Blu-ray player.
Title from container.
Contains both the Buster Keaton Estate version and the Killiam Shows Archive version.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928.
Includes a documentary on the making of the film; stills gallery; "Why they call him Buster," two vintage recordings of the folk song "Steamboat Bill."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray DVD; music in DTS-HD Master audio 5.1.
Production Credits:Photographed by Bert Haines and Devereux Jennings ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; organ score by Lee Erwin ; piano score by William Perry.