90% (2)  Seven Chances  56 min,  PASSED,  [Comedy, Romance]  [Buster Keaton]  [15 Mar 1925]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 80%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 100%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors:  Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, Snitz Edwards, T. Roy Barnes
Writer:  Roi Cooper Megrue (adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by), Clyde Bruckman (screen version), Jean C. Havez (screen version), Joseph A. Mitchell (screen version)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Financial broker Jimmie Shannon is nearly bankrupt when an attorney presents grandfather's will leaving him seven million dollars. In order to inherit the money Jimmie must marry before 7 pm on his 27th birthday - today!
Rotten Tomatoes:   Told that he will inherit $7 million by 7 p.m. if he can get married in time, lovelorn lawyer Jimmie Shannon sets off on a wild bride-chase. The hilariously inventive comedy culminates with one of Buster Keaton's most renowned set pieces that finds him pursued through the streets of Los Angeles by a gaggle of wannabe-wives - as well as scores of massive, dislodged boulders.
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87% (2)  The Thief of Bagdad  155 min,  Not Rated,  [Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance]  [Raoul Walsh]  [11 Apr 1924]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 78%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 96%,   External Reviews
Awards:  2 wins.
Actors:  Charles Belcher, Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards
Writer:  Lotta Woods (scenario editor), Douglas Fairbanks (story)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  N/A    Country:  USA
Plot:  A thief falls in love with the Caliph of Bagdad's daughter. The Caliph will give her hand to the suitor that brings back the rarest treasure after seven moons. The thief sets off on a magical journey while, unbeknownst to him, another suitor, the Prince of the Mongols, is not playing by the rules...
Rotten Tomatoes:   Douglas Fairbanks is at his most graceful and charismatic in one of the classic silent films of the 1920s. As the thief of Baghdad, his movements are dance-like -- nothing like the athletics he performed in most of his other films. In this Arabian take, the thief ignores the holy teachings and sneaks into the palace of the Caliph (Brandon Hurst). All thoughts of robbery slip away, however, when he sees the beautiful princess (Julanne Johnston). Princes have come from many faraway lands to win the princess' hand (and it's amusing to watch her face growing ever more alarmed at their arrival, because each one is uglier than the last). The thief disguises himself as a prince and the princess falls in love with him. After having a pang of conscience, the thief confesses all to the Holy Man (Charles Belcher), who sends him to find a magic chest. He braves many obstacles to get it, and when he returns he discovers that the Mongol Prince (Sojin) has taken over the city. Using the chest, the reformed thief creates armies of men out of nothingness and recaptures the city. He then uses the cloak of invisibility to spirit the princess away on a magic carpet. Fairbanks stole some of the special effects for his film from Fritz Lang's Der Müde Tod, which he had purchased for American distribution. The Thief of Baghdad, with its look of unrealistic beauty (courtesy of art director William Cameron Menzies), was not fully appreciated in its day. Because of its huge cost (two million dollars -- a real fortune in those days), it made little money. After that, Fairbanks stuck closer to the swashbuckling persona he felt his audience wanted.
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79% (2)  College  66 min,  Not Rated,  [Comedy, Drama, Sport]  [James W. Horne, Buster Keaton]  [01 Nov 1927]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 88%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 nomination.
Actors:  Anne Cornwall, Buster Keaton, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards
Writer:  Carl Harbaugh (story), Bryan Foy (story)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Ronald's high school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. He fears losing her to rival Jeff, decides to go to college and pay more attention to sports.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Awkward nebbish scholar Buster Keaton fails to make the grade at school with the jocks and the ladies -- until circumstances climactically push him to prove his athletic prowess and win the girl of his dreams. One of Buster's lesser -- but still classic -- silent features.
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69% (2)  Battling Butler  77 min,  Not Rated,  [Comedy]  [Buster Keaton]  [19 Sep 1926]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 67%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 nomination.
Actors:  Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Snitz Edwards, Walter James
Writer:  Paul Girard Smith (adapted by: from the 1923 stage success of the same name), Al Boasberg (adapted by: from the 1923 stage success of the same name), Charles Henry Smith (adapted by: from the 1923 stage success of the same name), Lex Neal (adapted by: from the 1923 stage success of the same name)
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Plot:  Alfred's father wants him to make of a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does fall in love with a mountain girl. When her father and brothers laugh at this they are informed that he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the championship fighter. From there on the masquerade must be maintained.
Rotten Tomatoes:   In this film, wimpy millionaire Alfred Butler goes on a vacation in the mountains with his faithful valet. While communing with nature, Alfred falls in love with a beautiful young girl. Without his master's knowledge, the valet tells the girl that Alfred is boxing champion Battling Butler.
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76% (1)  The Cruise of the Jasper B  60 min,  [Comedy, Romance]  [James W. Horne]  [13 Dec 1926]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 76%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Jack Ackroyd, Mildred Harris, Rod La Rocque, Snitz Edwards
Writer:  Tay Garnett (adaptation), John W. Krafft (titles), Zelda Sears (adaptation)
External Links:  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  N/A
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