Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom McGuire. Music performed by the Biograph Players (C. Edward Hupton, piano ; John Francis, percussion ; Joe Kerr, synthesizer, recording engineer). Contains both the Buster Keaton Estate version and the Killiam Shows Archive version. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928. Includes a documentary on the making of the film; stills gallery; "Why they call him Buster," a montage of pratfalls; two vintage recordings of the folk song "Steamboat Bill."
Summary:
A college student is forced by his crusty father to learn the ropes of riverboating during a feud between his father and a rival, whose daughter just happens to be a college friend.
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