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The saphead [videorecording] /

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FilmPublisher number: K134 DVD | Kino InternationalSeries: Art of Buster KeatonPublication details: New York : Kino International Corp. : Kino on Video, c1999.Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

High sign
One week
Saphead, The high sign and One week

Subject(s):

Contents:

The saphead (1920, 78 min.) -- The high sign (1921, 21 min.) -- One week (1921, 19 min.).

Production credits:

Produced for video by David Shepard. [The saphead] Director of photography, Harold Wenstrom ; music, Robert Israel. [The high sign] Director of photography, Elgin Lessley. [One week] Director of photography, Elgin Lessley ; editor, Buster Keaton ; music, Gaylord Carter.

Cast: [The saphead] Buster Keaton, Beula Booker, Edward Connelly, Edward Jobson, Edward Alexander, Odette Tyler, Carol Holloway, Irving Cummings, Jack Livingston, William H. Crane.Cast: [The high sign] Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Bartine Burkett.Cast: [One week] Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts.Summary: The High Sign. 1921. 21 minutes. Silent Cinema. Buster Keaton. Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Quite by accident, Buster falls in with a group of murdering thugs and kidnappers known as the Blinking Buzzards. Typically funny Keaton short where the physicals gags pile up on one another in rapid fire fashion. Al St. John is another of those huge comic foils that are perfect counterpoint to the short but athletic Keaton. There are some wonderful moments when the bad guys give chase to the hero through the mansion belonging the heroine's father. With: Buster Keaton, Bertine Burkett Zane and Al St. John. Notes: Written by Cline and Keaton. Cinematography by Elgin Lessley. Produced by Joseph M. Schenck.Summary: One Week. 1921. 19 minutes. Silent Cinema. Buster Keaton. Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Buster and his new bride proudly set about business of building their dream house - a prefab job with wacky instructions. The couple weather their own incompetence and the elements in getting the house in order. By the end of the week, they have suffered every kind of accident and disaster possible trying to build and live in their 'cozy' little cottage. Very funny short. With: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely and Joe Roberts. Notes: Written by Keaton and Cline. Cinematography by Elgin Lessley. Edited by Keaton. Produced by Joseph Schenck.Summary: The Saphead. 1920. 93 minutes / 7 reels. Silent Cinema. Buster Keaton. Directed by Herbert Blaché. Buster Keaton is Bertie "The Lamb" Van Alstyne, good natured, slightly spoiled and in love. No matter what he does, Bertie seems to sail smoothly through life until he is falsely framed of an illicit love affair by his devious, ambitious brother-in-law. This comedy, a great stage success for Douglas Fairbanks, was Keaton's first major full-length feature. It's a charming film though Buster's stoic persona doesn't quite match this particular type as well as Douglas [though his later variations on the type would be very fine indeed] who had perfected this kind of naïve sophisticate before he became the star of adventure films in the '20s. Keaton is much more in his element when the role requires him to defy the laws of nature and gravity with his physical comedy. With: William H. Crane as Nicholas Van Alstyne, Irving Cummings Sr. As Mark Turner, Carol Holloway as Rose Turner, Beulah booker as Agnes Gates, Edward Alexander as Watson Flint, Jeffrey Williams as Hutchins, Edward Jobson as Rev. Murray Hilton, Jack Livingston as Dr. George Wainright, Helen Holte as Henrietta Reynolds and Odette Taylor as Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke. Notes: Written by June Mathis from the play by Bronson Howard and the novel by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith. Cinematography by Harold Wenstrom.Summary: [The Saphead] Bertie, the spoiled son of a powerful Wall Street financier, pursues his individuality in a series of comic misadventures. [The high sign] Buster becomes unwittingly involved in a radical secret society known as the Blinking Buzzards. [One week] Keaton and his bride inherit a do-it-by numbers pre-fab house, only somebody has mixed up the numbers.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0145 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050090025

With: The high sign / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; Metro Pictures Corporation ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. One week / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; Metro Pictures Corporation ; [written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline].

The saphead based on the play: The new Henrietta / by Winchell Smith.

Run time: approx. 133 min.

The saphead (1920, 78 min.) -- The high sign (1921, 21 min.) -- One week (1921, 19 min.).

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Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.

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