Day Dreams (1922 film)
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Directed by | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline |
Written by | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
Starring | Buster Keaton |
Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 19 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Day Dreams is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and featuring Buster Keaton.[2] The film is most famous for a scene where Keaton finds himself on the inside of a riverboat paddle wheel.
Plot
Buster wants to marry a girl, but her father disapproves. Therefore Keaton vows he will go the city and get a job, or commit suicide. He takes several jobs (janitor, employee in an animal hospital, street cleaner, extra in a theatrical play,...) which all disastrously go wrong. In the final scenes he gets stuck inside a riverboat paddle wheel, where he has to run to get out of it. In the end he returns to his girlfriend's father, but since he failed in every way he is given a gun to shoot himself. Buster however manages to miss himself and is therefore kicked out the window by the girl's father.
Cast
- Buster Keaton as The Young Man
- Renée Adorée as The Girl
- Edward F. Cline as The Theater Director (uncredited)
- Joe Keaton as The Girls Father (uncredited)
- Joe Roberts as The Mayor (uncredited)
See also
References
- ^ "Daydreams". archive.org. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Daydreams". Silent Era. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
External links
- Daydreams at IMDb
- The short film Daydreams is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- Day Dreams at the International Buster Keaton Society
- 1922 films
- 1922 comedy films
- 1922 short films
- American films
- American comedy films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- Comedy short films
- Films directed by Buster Keaton
- Films directed by Edward F. Cline
- Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck
- Films with screenplays by Buster Keaton
- Films with screenplays by Roscoe Arbuckle