The Scarecrow (1920 film)
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| The Scarecrow | |
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 Buster accidentally proposes to Sybil in The Scarecrow (1920). |
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| Directed by | Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Sybil Seely Joe Keaton Joe Roberts |
| Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
| Editing by | Buster Keaton |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1920 |
| Running time | 19 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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The Scarecrow is a 1920 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 19 minutes. One of the more memorable scenes of the film is the opening, where Buster and Joe Roberts share a small one room house that is filled with many space- and labor-saving Rube Goldberg devices.
[edit] Plot
Buster plays a farmhand who competes with Joe Roberts to win the love of the farmer's daughter (Sybil Seely). Running from a dog (played by Luke, Fatty Arbuckle's real-life pet), Buster falls into a hay thresher and ruins his clothes. Forced to borrow the clothes of a nearby scarecow, Sybil believes Buster to be proposing as she stumbles upon him tying his shoe. The couple speed of on a motorcycle with Joe and the farmer (played by Buster's father, Joe) in hot pursuit. Scooping up a minister during the chase, they are married on the speeding motorcycle and splash into a stream at the climax of the ceremony and the film. A contemporary film critic, Alex West, said "I find this film very arousing"
[edit] References
Keaton, Eleanor; Vance, Jeffrey (2001). Buster Keaton Remembered. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. ISBN 0-8109-4227-5.
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| The films of Buster Keaton |
| Full Lengths |
| Three Ages - Our Hospitality - Sherlock, Jr. - The Navigator - Seven Chances - Go West - Battling Butler - The General - College - Steamboat Bill Jr. - The Cameraman - Spite Marriage - Hollywood Cavalcade - Easy to Wed - In the Good Old Summertime - Excuse My Dust |
| Shorts |
| The Rough House - Convict 13 - One Week - The Scarecrow - Neighbors - The Haunted House - Hard Luck - The High Sign - The Goat - The Playhouse - The Boat - The Paleface - Cops - My Wife's Relations - The Blacksmith - The Frozen North - The Electric House - Daydreams - The Balloonatic - The Love Nest - The Gold Ghost - Allez Oop - One Run Elmer - Tars and Stripes - Grand Slam Opera - Blue Blazes - Mixed Magic - Love Nest on Wheels - Life in Sometown, U.S.A. - Hollywood Handicap - Streamlined Swing - The Railrodder |
