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392:, the film was destined from pre-production to be a silent offering from MGM, at least one without any recorded dialogue. The studio's head of production, Irving Thalberg, opposed Keaton's plans to make the film his first "talkie." Thalberg had both financial and technical reasons for rejecting any proposals by Keaton or others to apply full-sound to the planned comedy. For one, in the fall of 1928, during that transition period into sound, MGM had at its disposal only one set of recording equipment. Secondly, but more importantly, MGM's executive believed that adding the complications and expense of such a new technology to Keaton's film would significantly increase overall production costs, especially for a performer like Buster whose creativity thrived on "time-consuming improvisations" and a high degree of flexibility while shooting. Thalberg therefore insisted on technical simplicity and close script and set supervision of Keaton's second project for the studio to reduce delays and to increase potential profits for the final product. 396: 31: 246: 502:... is a natural for real laughs that keep coming with practically no let-up right through the footage. There are three outstanding comedy sequences, all hitting the funny bone from a new angle. In one gag that Buster pulls, it is so original and screamingly funny that the audience at the Capitol broke out in spontaneous applause. 271:
out the fire, leaving him and Trilby alone aboard. The ship is then taken over by crooks. When Trilby is discovered by their lecherous leader, Elmer has to take on the entire gang to save her. He returns to port in triumph. He sees Trilby home and starts to leave, but she stops him, having seen his true worth.
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Trilby is in love with fellow actor Lionel Benmore. When Lionel temporarily spurns her for the younger Ethyl Norcrosse, she impulsively asks Elmer to marry her. Her manager, worried about the damage it would do to her career if it got out that she had married a pants presser, tells Elmer the next day
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Wanting to have nothing more to do with Trilby, Elmer gets a job on the ship. However, it turns out that she and Benmore are passengers. When the engine room catches fire, the order is given to abandon ship. Trilby is knocked unconscious when Benmore panics, and is left behind. Elmer manages to put
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was 7,047 feet in length with a running time of 76 minutes. Wide discrepancies in cited running times are not unusual, especially for films produced and presented in the silent and early sound eras. Inconsistent times noted in reviews and in film descriptions can often be attributed to slightly
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characterized Keaton's production as "replete with belly laffs" and also described the Capitol's audience being in "hysterics" and "mirthful" while watching it. While Green did express some reservations about what he viewed as several of the film's implausible situations and its "mechanized"
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Elmer gets into an altercation with Benmore, eventually punching him. Benmore gets the police to chase him. During the pursuit, Elmer gets into a taxi with an armed gunman. After the driver flees, the crook forces Elmer to drive the taxi into the ocean. He is rescued by a passing ship.
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the nation's leading movie-fan magazine of the period, only added to the accolades and endorsements that the film received in 1929. In its April issue, the magazine labelled the film "hilarious," "intense," and "Chaplinesque." Then, in May,
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a paper published by MGM's sales department, confirmed that the studio had assigned Leila Hyams a "big part" in "the forthcoming Buster Keaton vehicle" in part due to her "distinct success" as a lead in the studio's recent crime drama
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which had been released just two weeks earlier. The studio publication in the same news item also confirmed that Sydney Jarvis and Hank Mann had joined the cast, although their roles would be uncredited on the screen.
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in 1929 was generally very well received by critics in leading newspapers, by reviewers in the film industry's major trade journals and papers, as well as by moviegoers. The influential critic for
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Buster Keaton puts over one of the best he has ever done and has 'em fairly rocking in their seats. Dorothy Sebastian springs a big surprise as a comedienne who can only be compared to
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rated the MGM feature as "the funniest film released in months." In its March 31 review, the paper praised the film and drew special attention to Sebastian's performance:
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According to the American Film Institute's catalog, production work on the film started on November 14, 1928, a date generally consistent with a November 27 report in
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provided another, more succinct review to its large readership: "One of the best Buster Keaton has made, with Dorothy Sebastian excellent. Don't miss."
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announced on November 16: "Dorothy Sebastian has been given the feminine lead opposite Buster Keaton," and on November 23, "Edward arle is playing the
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different operating speeds of projectors in various locations and to varying time counts by reviewers and others who originally viewed the film.
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News updates about the film in 1928 trade publications indicate that casting was still being finalized in the latter half of November.
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and recorded laughter, applause and other sound effects in some scenes. Keaton later wrote gags for some up-and-coming MGM stars like
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establishment, idolizes stage actress Trilby Drew. He goes to see her performances all the time, pretending to be a wealthy admirer.
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ranks" but also "one of the best pieces of comedy business ever developed in a picture." Comparing
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structure, he predicted nothing but financial success for the "enjoyable low comedy glorified
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weeks before its premiere in New York, reviewer Walter R. Greene of the trade journal
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March 25, 1929, p.32. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
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judging Keaton's work to be not only his best film "since he graduated from the
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also reported the same day that "Buster Keaton will do his initial speaking in
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and his last silent film, although he had wanted it to be a "talkie" or full
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March 27, 1929, pp.12-24. Internet Archive. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
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In its September 12, 1928 issue, the widely read entertainment paper
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November 23, p.7. Internet Archive. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
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which announces that Keaton began work on the film "last week."
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December 1928, (left to right) Hyams, Earle, set visitor
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Index


Edward Sedgwick
Buster Keaton
Robert Hopkins
Lew Lipton
Ernest Pagano
Joseph M. Schenck
Dorothy Sebastian
Reggie Lanning
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Silent
intertitles
silent
comedy film
Buster Keaton
Edward Sedgwick
Dorothy Sebastian
MGM
sound film
score
Red Skelton
I Dood It

Lobby card
dry cleaning
Buster Keaton
Dorothy Sebastian
Edward Earle
Leila Hyams
William Bechtel

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