Malec forgeron

Original title: The Blacksmith

1922
21m

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Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.

Directors
- Buster Keaton
- Malcolm St. Clair
Writers
- Buster Keaton
- Malcolm St. Clair
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Buster Keaton
- Malcolm St. Clair
Writers
- Buster Keaton
- Malcolm St. Clair
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Buster Keaton

Blacksmith's Assistant
(as 'Buster' Keaton)

Edward F. Cline

Engineer
(uncredited)

Virginia Fox

Horsewoman
(uncredited)

Billy Franey

Sheriff
(uncredited)

Joe Roberts

Blacksmith
(uncredited)

Malcolm St. Clair

Engineer
(uncredited)

Directors
- Buster Keaton
- Malcolm St. Clair
Writers
- Buster Keaton
- Malcolm St. Clair
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Buster Keaton works as apprentice in the blacksmith's shop. When little misunderstanding sends the blacksmith into jail, Buster has to take over all the jobs. One little mistake leads to another and accidents grow bigger, until Buster destroys gleaming white Rolls Royce, and he is finally chased out from the town.

'The Blacksmith' doesn't include stunts on the large scale, but every little gag is so well tied with the next one, that it makes the film flow. Above the average on Buster Keaton scale, but probably the best one in the sense of pure storytelling - every joke and gag moves the story forward, and are not there just for the laughs. Or just for the sake of performing big stunt.

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Sep 24, 2018
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Trivia
The gleaming Rolls-Royce destroyed in the film was reportedly a wedding present given to Buster Keaton by his in-laws. By the time this film was made, relations with them had soured considerably.

Alternate versions
In June 2013, Argentine film collector, curator and historian Fernando Martín Peña (who had previously unearthed the complete version of Metropolis) discovered an alternate version of this film, a sort of remake whose last reel differs completely from the previously known version. Film historians have since found evidence that the version of The Blacksmith Peña uncovered was a substantial reshoot undertaken months after completion of principal photography and a preview screening in New York. They now believe the rediscovered version was Keaton's final cut intended for wide distribution. Following Peña's discovery, a third version of the film, featuring at least one scene which doesn't occur in either of the other two, was found in the collection of former film distributor Blackhawk Films.