ActionComedyMystery

Sherlock Jr.

- Every inch of footage holds such a laugh!

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Release Date : 1924-04-17

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro Pictures Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

Original Name : Buster Keaton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Kathryn McGuire

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen

Original Name : Joe Keaton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hired Man / Butler

Original Name : Erwin Connelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheik / Villain

Original Name : Ward Crane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl Who Loses Dollar Outside Cinema (uncredited)

Original Name : Doris Deane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Candy Store Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Christine Francis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Conspirator (uncredited)

Original Name : George Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conspirator (uncredited)

Original Name : Kewpie Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conspirator (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conspirator (uncredited)

Original Name : John Patrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Betsy Ann Hisle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Theatre Manager / Gillette (uncredited)

Original Name : Ford West

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

What a superbly intricate piece of comedic cinema this is. Keaton is a down-at-heel cinema projectionist who fancies himself as a budding "Sherlock Holmes". When a love-rival manages to frame him for pinching his (rather fickle) girlfriend's father's watch his life seems to have lost all purpose... Only when he returns to his cinema and runs that evening's movie does he doze off and dream his way into the film - this time as a brilliant detective calmly dealing with poison, explosives and dastardly cunning plots as he effortlessly solves the crime - some stolen pearls - and gets the girl! The story flows perfectly; the timing precise, the illusions almost circus-like but sophisticatedly so; no slapstick swinging planks and 8-foot puddles; just some intelligent humour and the odd, clever, use of special effects that create some sympathy for the initially rather pathetic hero! As much as to the imagery, this owes much to the score which the Club Foot Orchestra deliver setting a great pace for the shenanigans on screen.