Buster Keaton - The hat

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Buster Keaton in "Steamboat Bill Jr".
The great Buster Keaton. The greatest physical comdedian in cinema history.
Steamboat Bill Jr. is a 1928 feature-length comedy silent film featuring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the last product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. It was not a box-office success and proved to be the last picture Keaton would make for United Artists. Keaton would end up moving to MGM where he would make one last film with his trademark style, The Cameraman, before all of his creative control was taken away by the studio.

The director was Charles Reisner, the credited writer was Carl Harbaugh (although Keaton wrote the film and publicly called Harbaugh useless but "on the payroll"), and also featured Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, and Tom Lewis.

The film was named after a popular Arthur Collins song, "Steamboat Bill."

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[ekvaughan]

I love his reaction to his trademark porkpie at 2:50 -- "ew, get that thing off me!!" Could he be any more adorable??!!

[bwiel]

He's so gorgeous, adorable and funny...Great clip, thanks for sharing.

[eMuse5]

At 2:23, I swear that's a Fatty Arbuckle hat...people might think it's a Chaplin hat, since it's the same style, but Charlie's were black, and Fatty's were that lighter color. Arbuckle was one of Keaton's best friends, so I bet you guys anything that was Buster's nod to him.

[mrhoohaa777]

I'm a fan of both Buster Keaton and Chaplin. Chaplin was more sentimental, and Keaton was much more physical.

Chaplin makes me wanna do the right thing, no matter how tough.

Keaton makes me wanna throw myself at something, and attempt to climb it.

I know it may not sound like it, but both of those things are equal to me :)

[rautrohit]

wearing a hat was so sompulsary in those days

[saxophoney]

this is a great scene.

[raymangold22]

@Kats987124 They're probably a chaplin fanboy :p

[SunriseHuntress]

Oh, Buster....His expressions are just adorable!! :D

[lelliotte1]

I love how his father keeps smacking Buster's hand away from the hats. :D

[Busterseyes]

@Kats987124

I know how can you hate this! It's wonderful!

[Kats987124]

I ACTUALLY HATE THAT PERSON WHO DISLIKED THIS VIDEO

[ladster3]

Just caught this on cable the other night...one of the most hilarious bits ever filmed.