The Cameraman

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The Cameraman is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton as a clumsy tintype photographer who tries to become a newsreel cameraman to impress a woman.

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The Cameraman canonical 5
The Cameraman (1928 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film
film
silent film
cinematographyBy Elgin Lessley
Floyd Jackman
coDirector Buster Keaton
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Edward Sedgwick
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Sherman Kell
featuresCharacter Buster Shultz
Harold
Sally
follows Steamboat Bill, Jr.
format Black-and-white
hasAnimalCharacter Monkey cameraman assistant
hasFilmFormat 35 mm
hasGenre Comedy
Romantic comedy
hasIntertitlesLanguage English
hasSetting New York City
hasTheme Ambition
Unrequited love
Workplace comedy
isSilent true
mainGoalOfProtagonist To become a newsreel cameraman to impress a woman
mainProfessionOfProtagonist Photographer
musicBy William Axt
notableScene Buster Keaton and a monkey operate the camera on a boat during a regatta.
Buster Keaton films a Tong war in Chinatown.
Buster Keaton operates a malfunctioning newsreel camera during a parade.
originalLanguage Silent
partOfCareerPhase Late silent era films of Buster Keaton
plotSummary A clumsy tintype photographer tries to become a newsreel cameraman to impress a woman he loves.
producer Buster Keaton
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
productionCompanyType Hollywood studio
releaseDate 1928-09-10
releaseYear 1928
runtimeMinutes 69
screenwriter Clyde Bruckman
John Grey
Lew Lipton
Richard Schayer
setInPeriod 1920s
starring Buster Keaton
Harold Goodwin
Marceline Day
Sidney Bracey
storyBy Clyde Bruckman
title The Cameraman self-link

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Snub Pollard filmographyIncludes The Cameraman
Buster Keaton notableWork The Cameraman
Harold Goodwin notableWork The Cameraman
this entity surface form: The Cameraman (1928 film)
The Cameraman title The Cameraman self-link
Buddy Messinger appearedIn The Cameraman
Eleanor Boardman notableWork The Cameraman