STEAMBOAT BILL JR

A film by Buster Keaton

Cast : Marion Byron, Ernest Torrence, Buster Keaton

1928 / comedy / Etats-Unis / original title : STEAMBOAT BILL JR / 78’ / Black & White / status : completed / long feature-film / French catalog

Canfield Jr. is in love with the daughter of the banker King, but King is competing with Canfield Sr. for a steamer business on the Mississippi. During a cyclone storm, Canfield Jr. rescues everyone. They patch up their differences, and wedding bells ring.

Restored by Lobster Films in collaboration with Film Preservation Associates, from a 35mm safety dupe negative of the original preview print in the Blackhawk Films Collection, preserved at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Available in 2K, new score by Timothy Brock

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