The Scarecrow (1920 film)

The Scarecrow
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Starring Buster Keaton
Sybil Seely
Joe Keaton
Joe Roberts
Cinematography Elgin Lessley
Edited by Buster Keaton
Distributed by Metro Pictures
Release date
  • November 17, 1920 (1920-11-17)
[1]
Running time
 19 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Buster accidentally proposes to Sybil in The Scarecrow (1920).

The Scarecrow is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 19 minutes. One of the more memorable scenes of the film is the opening, where Buster and Joe Roberts share a small one room house that is filled with many space- and labor-saving Rube Goldberg-type devices. Later in the film, Keaton tries desperately and comically to outrun and escape Luke the Dog.[2]

Plot

Buster plays a farmhand who competes with Joe Roberts to win the love of the farmer's daughter (Sybil Seely). Running from a dog (played by Luke, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's real-life pet) that he believes is rabid, Buster races around brick walls, jumps through windows, and falls into a hay thresher, which rips off most of his clothes. He is forced to borrow the clothes of a scarecrow in a nearby field. Buster then trips into a kneeling position while tying his shoes, and Sybil believes he is proposing marriage to her. Next the couple speeds off on a motorcycle with Joe and the farmer (played by Buster's father, Joe) in hot pursuit. Scooping up a minister during the chase, they are married on the speeding motorcycle and splash into a stream at the climax of the ceremony and the film.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TBK 5: The Scarecrow + Gabriella Oldham." Talking Buster Keaton, 30 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Fristoe, Roger. "The Scarecrow." Turner Classic Movies. 7 November 2017.
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