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Battling Butler (1926)
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| Starring: | Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Snitz Edwards, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Natalie Talmadge, Budd Fine, Eddie Borden, Francis McDonald, Mary O'Brien, Tom Wilson, Walter James |
| Director: | Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton |
| Genre: | Silent, Comedy |
| Year: | 1926 |
| Studio: | Kino Video |
| Length: | 71 minutes |
| Released: | October 26, 1999 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | Black & White, Silent |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:The greatest box-office success of all his independent comedies, Battling Butler is a rarely-seen gem that mingles Keaton's deadpan demeanor and awesome physical agility with a particularly dramatic storyline.
Keaton stars as Alfred Butler, a fragile young man whose father sends him into the country where he hopes masculinity will blossom. Ironically, he is there mistaken for "Battling" Butler, a renowned prizefighter of firey temperament. To impress a young lady (Sally O'Neil), Alfred carries on the ruse by engaging in a laughingly inept training regimen, but his harmless charade is soon complicated by the untimely arrival of the true contender (Francis McDonald). When the long-awaited opportunity to prove himself a man finally comes, it is before the gloved fists of the boxer, who initiates a locker-room brawl. There, in a sequence of agonizing tension and delightful surprises, Battling Butler reaches its unforgettable climax.
BONUS FEATURES:
- The Haunted House (1921, 20 min.)
- The Haunted House, has been meticulously restored to its original glory. An astounding collection of sight gags and illusions, with Buster taking refuge in a mansion rigged with a series of frightening booby traps.
- The Frozen North (1922, 17 min.)
- A Yukon metropolis is the snowbound setting of The Frozen North wherein Buster parodies movie legends William S. Hart and Erich von Stroheim. This is the most complete print available.
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