The closing scene of "The Blacksmith" contains the short film's most interesting and sardonic gag. It depicts Keaton's bleak view of marriage, perhaps a reflection of his real married life to Natalie Talmadge. A reviewer who writes that has has seen just about every Keaton film in existence and that he is a HUGE fan also writes that this film is "an improvement over the types shorts he did for Keystone in the 1910s." Of course anyone familiar with Keaton should know he never worked for Keystone.
Review of The Blacksmith
