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The Blacksmith (1922)

The Blacksmith poster
Directed by
Malcolm St. Clair, Buster Keaton
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
21 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young blacksmith tries to manage a shop full of unruly machinery and tools. His clumsy attempts cause trouble for a wealthy woman who brings in her horse.

slapstickcomedicchaoticlightheartedphysicalplayfulfast-paced

What happens

The Blacksmith is a 1922 American short comedy film co-written, co-directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Buster Keaton and starring Keaton. The central conflict in The Blacksmith emerges when Keaton, a young blacksmith, struggles to master the shop’s machinery and implements which seem to defy his efforts to control them. Virginia Fox, a pretty elite equestrian, is an unwitting victim of his ineptitude. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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