The Blacksmith

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The Blacksmith is a 1922 silent short comedy film starring Buster Keaton as a bumbling blacksmith’s assistant whose mishaps lead to a series of slapstick adventures.

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The Blacksmith canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
short film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
silent short comedy film ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character blacksmith’s assistant ⓘ
cinematographyBy Elgin Lessley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Buster Keaton ⓘ
Malcolm St. Clair ⓘ
distributor First National Pictures ⓘ
era silent era ⓘ
eraOfRelease 1920s American cinema ⓘ
featuredActor Joe Roberts ⓘ
Virginia Fox ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
hasFilmFormat 2-reel short ⓘ
hasGenre comedy film ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ
hasSurvivingPrints true ⓘ
hasTheme comic mishaps at a workplace ⓘ
isPartOf Buster Keaton short films ⓘ
notableFor Buster Keaton’s deadpan performance ⓘ
physical slapstick gags involving a forge and horses ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent ⓘ
portraysCharacter Buster Keaton as a bumbling blacksmith’s assistant ⓘ
producer Joseph M. Schenck ⓘ
productionCompany Buster Keaton Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1922-06-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1922 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 22 ⓘ
setting blacksmith shop ⓘ
starredActor Buster Keaton ⓘ
title The Blacksmith ⓘ
writer Buster Keaton ⓘ
Edward F. Cline ⓘ

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Joe Roberts → notableWork → The Blacksmith ⓘ
Sybil Seely → notableWork → The Blacksmith ⓘ
Edward F. Cline → directed → The Blacksmith ⓘ