In his final scene Buster Keaton breaks out in a big smile, one of the only times in his career the Great Stoneface did so on camera.
Philip McCooley:
You mean to tell me that you resigned for me over the telephone to the principal of the high school?
Virginia McCooley:
He thought it was a little unusual too, at first. Then I told him you were just too bashful to admit the reason.
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