Saphead [videorecording DVD] High sign [videorecording DVD] One week [videorecording DVD]
Notes:
Three silent films with musical soundtracks produced between 1920 and 1921. The saphead based on the play: The new Henrietta / by Winchell Smith. Saphead: Buster Keaton, William H. Crane, Carol Holloway, Edward Connelly, Irving Cummings, Beulah Booker ; High sign: Buster Keaton, Al St. John ; One week: Buster Keaton, Sybil Sealey.
Contents:
The saphead (78 min.) / directed by Herbert Blache, based on the play "The new Henrietta" by Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes (1920) -- The high sign (21 min.) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline (1921) -- One week (19 min.) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline (1921)
Summary:
In The Saphead, Keaton is the spoiled son of a powerful Wall Street financier who is unable to escape the wealth and comfort that are foisted upon him. In High sign, Keaton is unwittingly involved in a radical secret society. In One week, a couple is determined to build a prefabricated honeymoon cottage.
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