A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Buster Keaton (left) and Ernest Torrence. Photograph: courtesy Kino Lorber.

Cast: Buster Keaton [William Canfield Jr.], Ernest Torrence [William ‘Steamboat Bill’ Canfield Sr.], Marion Byron [Kitty King], Tom McGuire [J.J. King], Tom Lewis [Tom Carter, the Stonewall Jackson’s first mate]

Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Carl Harbaugh, from a screen story by Carl Harbaugh. Technical director, Fred Gabourie. Assistant director, Sandy Roth. Cinematography by J. Devereaux Jennings and Bert Haines. Film editor, J. Sherman Kell. Intertitles written by Carl Harbaugh. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 2 June 1928 by Joseph M. Schenck [LP25362]. Released 12 May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Balio-UA p. ? lists the general release date as 15 July 1928.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5380.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm positive]; and in the film holdings of Worldview Entertainment (Paul Killiam collection) [35mm fine-grain master positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Bankers - Barbers - Boats: Riverboats, Steamboats - Businessmen - College students - Cyclones - Families: Father-son relationships - Hats: Straw - Hurricanes - Jails - Musical instruments: Ukeleles - Police: Sheriffs - Small town life - Umbrellas - Water: Rivers - Weather: Cyclones

Listing updated: 4 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5380; Balio-UA p. ?; Bardèche-History p. 292; Brownlow-Parade pp. 488, 491, 492-493; Dardis-Keaton pp. 114, 147, 153-155, 166, 176, 253, 272, 293; Fell-History p. 96; Kerr-Silent pp. 8, 144, 213, 216, 217; Leish-Cinema p. 62; Limbacher-Feature p. 234; McGhee-Wayne pp. 111, 282; Schelly-Langdon pp. 61, 130; Shipman-Cinema p. 100; Sinyard-Silent pp. 111, 116, 118, 119; Sklar-Movie p. 120; Skretvedt-Magic pp. 169, 442.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.