Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
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William Canfield Jr. -
J.J. King -
William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield -
Tom Carter - First and Last Mate -
Kitty King - King's Daughter
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Directors:
Charles Reisner , Buster KeatonWriter:
Carl Harbaugh (story)All Cast & Crew
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3 wins & 3 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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Trivia
During the hurricane sequence, there is a scene that pays homage to Buster Keaton's childhood on the vaudeville stage. One brief moment has a table move in the wind, apparently animating the dummy and turning its head to face Keaton. Keaton is startled and runs. This is based on a real experience from when he was a kid and became fascinated with a dummy named Red Top, who belonged to ventriloquist Trovollo. The young Keaton had a "conversation" with the dummy and conspired to kidnap his new friend one night when the theater was empty. Trovollo, anticipating Keaton, slipped to his props offstage and when Keaton approached, brought Red Top to life, scaring Keaton out of the theater.
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William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.:
Take that barnacle off his lip.
Goofs
After the tools fall out of the bread, the intertitle reads: "That must of happened when the dough fell in the tool chest". This is a grammatical error, where "of" replaces what should be the contracted form of "have". It ought to be, "That must'vie happened when the dough fell in the tool chest".
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Genres
Action | Comedy | Drama | Family | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
20 May 1928Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Sacramento River, California, USA
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