Sherlock Jr.

1924 "Every inch of footage holds such a laugh!"

Sherlock Jr.

8.1 | NR | en | Action

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

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8.1 | NR | en | More Info

Released: April. 21,1924 | Released Producted By: Buster Keaton Productions , Metro Pictures Corporation Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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

Genre

Action , Comedy , Mystery

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Cast

Buster Keaton , Kathryn McGuire , Joe Keaton

Director

Fred Gabourie

Producted By

Buster Keaton Productions

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Buster Keaton

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

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Kathryn McGuire

as The Girl

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Joe Keaton

as The Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen

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Fred Gabourie

Art Direction

Ernie Orsatti

Assistant Property Master

Byron Houck

Director of Photography

Elgin Lessley

Director of Photography

Clare West

Costume Design

Joseph M. Schenck

Presenter

Ernie Orsatti

Stunts

Fred Gabourie

Technical Supervisor

Walter C. Reed

Assistant Director

Buster Keaton

Director

Buster Keaton

Editor

Denver Harmon

Electrician

Joseph M. Schenck

Producer

Buster Keaton

Producer

Myles Boisen

Music

Clyde Bruckman

Screenplay

Jean C. Havez

Story

Joseph A. Mitchell

Story

Sherlock Jr. Audience Reviews

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

GazerRise Fantastic!

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Anonymous002 Don't try to do two things at same time and expect to do justice with both . This is the the message that appears at the start of the film . But the film is not much related with that. This message will confuse many people.Coming to the film , it is about a projectionist who wants to be a detective .He is thrown out of his girlfriend's home by her father because they think he has committed a theft . In next scene , in the theater he fall asleep and starts dreaming . This film all about that dream . The dream sequence in which Keaton uses some highly imaginative stunts bewildering through a lady and through wall and rushing into the film screen.The dream sequence covers most of film's running time . Whole film is just 44 minutes long . There are many stunts in the film which we guess were new to the the audience of that time. We can never enjoy this film as much as the audience did those days for obvious reasons but can guess what could be the impact of this film at the whole film industry at that time.

pdortic What a movie! Now silent movies may not be everyone's cup of tea, but this is a must see. The character are able to convey emotions throughout the whole film through exaggerated facial expressions and actions. Young "Sherlock Jr." is a role that catches the eye of the viewer in many ways. As the main character you follow his character as he is tries to impress his lady, gets framed, and has to work his way back to the clear in the eye of the justice. Even though this movie was created in 1924 the movie effects are great. This can be specifically seen when Sherlock Jr. goes into the movie being projected and actually jumps into the scene. The scenes then rapidly change one after another, but as Buster Keaton is a great actor he doesn't miss a beat. These movie making skills can be seen again when the projectionist is asleep and even though his physical body is still hunched over on his stool, he multiples and a double version of him can be seen on the screen. This is a spectacularly made movie and I definitely suggest this to anyone who is looking for a romance movie, a comedy, or just a well made movie.

steffaneybenson This silent film is really amazing. It's funny , romantic and revengeful all at the same time and at the end his still managed to get the girl of his dreams. He played his detective role like a pro when he was dreaming about being in the movie and they found out who the real person was in his reality as well. Everything worked out great for him !

ashleyrosencrans There is a spoiler in this review! I was very impressed to see all the special effects in this movie since it came out in 1924. For example, him coming out of his body in the dream, running on top of the train, and the camera following him so fast on the bike. I am very curious as to how they pulled that off! I thought the music was fitting and the story line definitely kept me watching, it was funny and interesting how most of the movie was a dream anyways and it wasn't even him who solved the mystery in real life.