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Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle's master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries. *"A master of movement and stillness, Keaton devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sherlock Jr.
Other Authors: Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966 (Actor), Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961, Havez, Jean, 1872-1925, Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955, Keaton, Joe, 1867-1946 (Actor), McGuire, Kathryn, 1897-1978 (Actor), Crane, Ward, 1890-1928 (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent with English intertitles and musical score.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Cohen Film Collection, 1924.
Subjects:
Motion picture projectionists > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Motion picture projectionists.
Internet videos.
Drama.
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle's master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries. *"A master of movement and stillness, Keaton developed a comedy style that was as intellectual as it was physical, and this small gem shows us why he's as purely American a film genius as the motion pictures have produced." - Kenneth Turan, **The Los Angeles Times***
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1924.
This version produced by Cohen Film Collection.
"All new restoration."
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): .flv file, silent, black and white.
Production Credits:Photographed by Byron Houck and Elgin Lessley ; music by Timothy Brock.