Film Forum

U.S., 1928
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Starring Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Josephine the Monkey
Approx. 76 min.

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, Josephine.

With

Riding the Rails (1938, Max Fleischer, approx. 6 min.)

Restored by Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons.

Reviews

“Keaton at the height of his art and master of every detail of silent filmmaking.”
– Rudy Blesh

“A delightful piece of filmmaking 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

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