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A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
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“Is this Buster Keaton's best work?”
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“Is Sherlock Jr. a masterpiece, not merely a very good film?”
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20227/10
What a superbly intricate piece of comedic cinema this is. Keaton is a down-at-heel cinema projectionist who fancies himself as a budding "Sherlock Holmes". When a love-rival manages to frame him for pinching his (rather fickle) girlfriend's father's watch his life seems to have lost all purpose... Only when he returns to his cinema and runs that evening's movie does he doze off and dream his way into the film - this time as a brilliant detective calmly dealing with poison, explosives and dastardly cunning plots as he effortlessly solves the crime - some stolen pearls - and gets the girl! The story flows perfectly; the timing precise, the illusions almost circus-like but sophisticatedly so; no slapstick swinging planks and 8-foot puddles; just some intelligent humour and the odd, clever, use of special effects that create some sympathy for the initially rather pathetic hero! As much as to the imagery, this owes much to the score which the Club Foot Orchestra deliver setting a great pace for the shenanigans on screen.
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Cast
- Buster KeatonProjectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
- Kathryn McGuireThe Girl
- Joe KeatonThe Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen
- Erwin ConnellyThe Hired Man / The Butler
- Ward CraneThe Local Sheik / The Villain
- Doris DeaneGirl Who Loses Dollar Outside Cinema (uncredited)
- Christine FrancisCandy Store Girl (uncredited)
- George DavisConspirator (uncredited)
- Kewpie MorganConspirator (uncredited)
- Steve MurphyConspirator (uncredited)
Crew
- Buster KeatonDirector
- Clyde BruckmanScreenplay
- Byron HouckDirector of Photography
- Elgin LessleyDirector of Photography
- Buster KeatonEditor
- Buster KeatonProducer
- Joseph M. SchenckProducer
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