| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 30 min.) |
| Summary |
Buster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of university life in college. Keaton stars as Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds himself instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary (Anne Cornwall). More than he had in any other feature, Keaton stretched the boundaries of solo physical comedy. In a series of unforgettable vignettes, stone-faced Ronald tries his hand as a baseball player, soda jerk, waiter, coxswain, and track star, performring each task with a steady determination but with consistently disastrous results. These scenes are epecially amazing because in demonstrating Ronald's athletic inadequacies, Keaton reveals a surprising degree of physical prowess and finesse, particularly during the film's exhilarating climax |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Event |
Originally produced by Film Preservation Society in 1927 |
| Subject |
Clayton College & State University.
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| SUBJECT |
Clayton College & State University fast |
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Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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College students.
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Athletes.
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Students.
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students.
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Students
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Athletes
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College students
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Comedy films
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Silent films
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor.
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Cornwall, Anne, 1897-1980, actor.
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