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Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
Buster Keaton
- The Boat Builder
- (as 'Buster' Keaton)
Edward F. Cline
- SOS Receiver
- (uncredited)
Sybil Seely
- The Boat Builder's Wife
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen James Mason bought Buster Keaton's old house in 1952, he found this film and several other lost Keaton shorts in the cellar. As the rolls were nitrate, disintegration had taken its toll. Mason made sure that this and the other classics were saved and restored at a film lab.
- GoofsThe radio mast that Keaton erects on the boat is missing in the shots of the boat model.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979)
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Why Does Buster Keaton Always Find Himself in So Much Trouble? Damfino!
Buster Keaton just wants to take his family out on a pleasant boat trip to enjoy some sea breezes and sunshine. A simple enough request, no? Well if you've ever seen a Buster Keaton movie, you already know the answer to that question....
A pretty funny short that involves many of the pratfalls you would expect in a slapstick comedy about a doomed boating expedition -- people falling in the water (a lot), a dinner preparation gone all wrong when nothing is tied down, a storm and its predictable outcome on our beleaguered hero. A cute twist at the end reveals that our protagonist family was never in any danger to begin with.
The name of Keaton's boat is the Damfino, which provides a running joke and gives the film its final punchline.
A pretty funny short that involves many of the pratfalls you would expect in a slapstick comedy about a doomed boating expedition -- people falling in the water (a lot), a dinner preparation gone all wrong when nothing is tied down, a storm and its predictable outcome on our beleaguered hero. A cute twist at the end reveals that our protagonist family was never in any danger to begin with.
The name of Keaton's boat is the Damfino, which provides a running joke and gives the film its final punchline.
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- evanston_dad
- Aug 16, 2015
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- Runtime23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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