Sherlock Jr.
A silent comedy that turns a false accusation into a surreal detective fantasy, with Buster Keaton at his most inventive.
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About the film
Every inch of footage holds such a laugh!
What it’s about
A small-town projectionist studies how to be a detective and hopes to win the girl he loves. A rival steals her father's watch, pawns it, and uses the money to buy an expensive box of candy, then lets the blame fall on the projectionist. Banished from the girl's house, he falls asleep in the projection booth and dreams that he steps into the movie on screen, where the theft becomes a jewel case and he is the great Sherlock Jr.
What hooks you
Buster Keaton plays both the hapless projectionist and the master detective of his dream. The film is packed with the physical comedy and trick photography that made Keaton famous, including a pool game performed with real trick shots after months of training. It runs only 45 minutes, so every scene has to land a laugh.
Who it’s for
It will appeal to those who enjoy silent-era slapstick and clever visual gags, and to anyone curious about the roots of surreal comedy in cinema.
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1924
- Running time
- 45min
- Age rating
- NR+
- MPAA
- NR
- World premiere
- Apr 17, 1924
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 1,421 votesCreative team
All 9-
01
Buster Keaton
Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
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02
Kathryn McGuire
The Girl
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03
Joe Keaton
The Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen
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04
Erwin Connelly
The Hired Man / The Butler
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05
Ward Crane
The Local Sheik / The Villain
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06
Jane Connelly
The Mother (uncredited)
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07
Doris Deane
Girl Who Loses Dollar Outside Cinema (uncredited)
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08
George Davis
Conspirator (uncredited)
- 09 Christine Francis Candy Store Girl (uncredited)
Trivia
- During the filming of the scene at the train station, when water from the tank pours onto Sherlock, the powerful stream of water that fell on him caused Keaton to suffer a neck injury, and for many years he suffered from migraines without knowing their true cause. The correct diagnosis was only made in the 1930s.
- Buster Keaton (1895-1966) trained for four months with a specialist so that he could perform all the tricks the viewer sees Sherlock Jr. perform during the pool game. And even after this lengthy training, the filming took five days. When he finished, all the filmed tricks and feints were spliced together so that it appeared all of it happened during a single game.
- The street with Victorian-era houses, along which the characters of Buster Keaton (1895-1966) and Virginia Fox ride bicycles at the beginning of the film, was built as the street where Judy Garland's (1922-1969) character lived with her family in Vincente Minnelli's (1903-1986) musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944).
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Sherlock Jr. (1924)
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1924
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1924
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1924