Steamboat Bill, Jr.
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, renowned for its elaborate stunts and the iconic falling-house facade sequence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steamboat Bill, Jr. canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | song "Steamboat Bill" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Buster Keaton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Brophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Torrence NERFINISHED ⓘ James T. Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dugan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Devereaux Jennings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director |
Buster Keaton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Reisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Sherman Kell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Steamboat Bill Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Sacramento River, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Cameraman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| hasAwardRecognition | selection for preservation in the United States National Film Registry ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0019421 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cyclone sequence
ⓘ
steamboat race sequence ⓘ |
| language | silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | William Canfield Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | silent film musical accompaniment (various later scores) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate physical stunts
ⓘ
falling-house facade stunt ⓘ |
| notableScene | Buster Keaton standing as a house facade falls around him ⓘ |
| partOf | Buster Keaton filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Joseph M. Schenck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Buster Keaton Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| reasonForRecognition | culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Library of Congress National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Buster Keaton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carl Harbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles T. Murnane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Mississippi River town ⓘ |
| starring | Buster Keaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.