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The Blacksmith (1922) was a Short Films Film directed by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair and produced by Joseph M. Schenck.

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A Gag Every Minute: Buster Keaton in The Blacksmith (1922)

By Virginie Pronovost on Feb 14, 2018 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

We have a smithy at our country house. Yes, yes. We don’t use it anymore as no one alive in my family is a graduated blacksmith (!) but the woman who gave us this house (my grandfather’s cousin) was the daughter of the village’s blacksmith. She was quite a character and would put p... Read full article


Found - a new version of Keaton's The Blacksmith - part 2, more surprises

By Aurora on Jul 27, 2013 From Once Upon a Screen

Reblogged from Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more): As reported in Variety, and in my prior post, film historian Fernando Pena has topped his discovery of a complete version of the Fritz Lang 1927 epic Metropolis with a 9.5 mm print of Buster Keaton?s 1922 short The Blacksmith that contai... Read full article


Found - a new version of Keaton's The Blacksmith and the tales it tells

By Aurora on Jul 20, 2013 From Once Upon a Screen

Reblogged from Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more): As reported in Variety, lightning struck twice for film historian Fernando Pena.? The same gentleman from Argentina who discovered a complete version of the Fritz Lang 1927 epic Metropolis has now unveiled a 9.5 mm print of Buster Keaton... Read full article


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The gleaming Rolls-Royce which is destroyed in the film was reportedly a wedding present given to Buster Keaton by his in-laws. By the time this film was made, relations with them had soured considerably.
The white mare that appears in the movie is the same animal as the broken-down old horse that pulls the wagon in Cops; she had dropped an unexpected foal in the interim.
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Also directed by Buster Keaton




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Also produced by Joseph M. Schenck




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Also released in 1922




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