Sherlock Jr & The Cameraman – Buster Keaton Double Feature

Sherlock Jr.,” 1924, Cohen Media, 45 min. Buster Keaton’s sublime comedy about reality and illusion, in which projectionist Buster literally dreams himself into the detective movie he’s screening! A film with myriad technical feats (including the illusion of Keaton “climbing” into a movie screen). Keaton reportedly broke his neck during filming while performing a dangerous stunt on a ladder hanging over a giant water basin. 

THE CAMERAMAN, 1928, Warner Bros., 69 min. Dir. Buster Keaton. Because of his huge crush on Sally, an adorable office worker for MGM Newsreels, Buster gives up his tintyping job and gets himself a camera, hoping to catch the attention of both Sally and MGM. The novice cameraman is in the right place at the right time to capture on film a Tong war smack in the middle of Chinatown – and must narrowly escape plenty of disasters, Buster-style! In a clever meta-comment on impressing the studios, this delightful comedy was originally an MGM