A tintype street photographer (Buster Keaton), smitten by a film studio office girl (Marceline Day), tries to become a newsreel lensman in order to impress her, but his double-exposed footage of battleships sailing up Broadway make his prospects look dim. Keaton’s first M-G-M feature after years of independent production was, ironically, one of his most successful. Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey, Harry Gribbon also star. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; audio commentary; bonus feature "Spite Marriage" (1928); bonus documentary "So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM" (2004); featurettes. Two-disc set. Silent with music score.
A tintype street photographer (Buster Keaton), smitten by a film studio office girl (Marceline Day), tries to become a newsreel lensman in order to impress her, but his double-exposed footage of battleships sailing up Broadway make his prospects look dim. Keaton’s first M-G-M feature after years of independent production was, ironically, one of his most successful. Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey, Harry Gribbon also star. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; audio commentary; bonus feature "Spite Marriage" (1928); bonus documentary "So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM" (2004); featurettes. Two-disc set. Silent with music score.
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