Film Forum

(1928, Edward Sedgwick) Neophyte newsreel cameraman Buster loses his swimsuit at Coney Island and his heart on the sidewalks of New York, lensing Mott Street Tong Wars while being upstaged by monkey great Jocko. 35mm. Approx. 69 min.

Reviews

“Keaton at the height of his art.”
– Rudy Blesh

“A delightful piece of film-making within a film which is both an insight into Keaton’s own logic, and also, alas, a sort of epitaph.”
– Andrew Nickolds, Time Out

“Brimming with invention, ingenious set-pieces, and big laughs.”
– Leonard Maltin