Film Forum

U.S., 1928
Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Jr.
Starring Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin
35mm. Approx. 69 min.

Neophyte newsreel photog Buster Keaton 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. MGM used it as a textbook of perfect comedy construction for decades. “Keaton at the height of his art and master of every detail of silent filmmaking.” – Rudi Blesh. Archival 35mm print courtesy Warner Bros.