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Episode 1

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I was six months old.
We were in a small town.

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In a small hotel.

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I fell down the stairs,
down the ramp.

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Although everyone was worried,
I sat down,

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I shook my head
and I didn't shed a tear.

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They understood that I was fine.

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Houdini said: "It's a battleship."
I meant "beaten."

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But what does "destroying" mean?
"tough guy", or "beaten up".

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But it is not used as a name.

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My father said:
"It wouldn't be a bad name."

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It sounds very good.

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Buster Keaton.

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Today recognized as a genius.

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It has become a source of
inspiration among intellectuals.

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However, Keaton did not think
in the same way.

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He said: "If you dress so ridiculous
Like me, you can't be a genius. "

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had not received
a regular education.

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His work as an artist
It was completely intuitive.

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At home I studied
the mechanics of the gag,

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but I understood perfectly
the great power of cinema.

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The screen was its element,

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and exhibited an extraordinary
sensitivity for cinema.

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But its roots
They are found in the variety.

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And in disciplining
the habit of doing everything by yourself.

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I recognized the work
of your team,

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but the ideas were his.

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In this Pickwick house,
Kansas, in 1895,

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Joseph Keaton Junior
made his first appearance.

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The day I was born, the company
I was preparing a show.

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My mother joined the company
when I was two weeks old.

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It was called the "Keaton Houdini
Medicine Show Company".

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It was Harry Houdini,
the handcuff magician

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Saw his father on stage
for the first time at only nine months,

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while walking on all fours.

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With only four years,

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I was already a member of the company,
with my grotesque costume,

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a wig, a bald head,
and an Irish beard.

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My father was a comedian,
dancer and magician.

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He wasn't a real acrobat,

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but it was very close.

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my mother played
some instruments and danced with him.

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with my entry
the idea was born at the show

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to show to the public
how to raise your children.

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Every time I was wrong,

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they slapped me
or they took me out of the scene.

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I grew up
by kicking.

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The acrobat Charles Lamont
I knew Keaton well.

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In the end, usually

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They threw Buster
to the orchestra pit,

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between the drums, the bass drum,
the violins and everything else,

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which resulted in an incredible noise,
and the public always celebrated it.

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BILL COX
Author and friend

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They set up a cause
for exploitation of a minor,

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against his father,
but it was completely false.

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Buster told me
that I enjoyed it,

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he adored tumultuous numbers.

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As a child I did not work in cinema,

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but in comedies I grew up
his childhood and the figure of his father.

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It sure hurt.

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It was made of flesh and bones,
not wooden.

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I had no protection,

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but he had learned to protect himself

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to avoid
be seriously injured.

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"He is my son and I
When I want I break his neck. "

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So I guess
that for him it was like a game.

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As a child he had learned

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to be a comedian
He doesn't laugh at what he does.

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If you take too much
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and life in general,

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you laugh a lot more.

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Parents broke the law
against child labor.

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His mother taught him what she knew.
Buster didn't go to school.

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I was only five years old, but now
It was essential to the show.

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Keaton was followed
by the Gary Society,

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that fought
to the exploitation of children.

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Many thought he was a dwarf.

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The Gary Society came to control.

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LOYAL T. LUCAS
Actor and friend

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An official came,
took a look and saw

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To Buster,

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made up and disguised,

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just like his father,
and I couldn't understand.

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He asked an assistant:
"How old is that guy?"

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But the assistant was ready.

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Pointing to the mother he said:

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"I don't know, ask your wife."

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Over the years,
Joe couldn't run anymore.

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Here Keaton recreates
the number with Al St. John.

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Louise Dresser remembers a number
particularly dangerous.

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I was on a table
behind his father.

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He was spinning a ball
basketball with a rope,

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while Joe was shaving
with a sharp razor.

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The ball was getting closer and closer.

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And suddenly... Bang!

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It was a very difficult number.

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Most of the time
he ended up injured.

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When I saw the show,
his father had already

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started drinking,
so it was a little slower.

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Instead of hitting the head,

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I did it with the back,

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behind the head.

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My body became rigid
and fell backwards.

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I didn't know what was happening.

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My head ended up on the ground
and lost consciousness for 18 hours.

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With Harry and Louise
the Keatons became five.

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Buster had become
a support for everyone.

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In the summer we didn't work,

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We were going to Muskegon, Michigan,

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where there was a colony of actors.

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There he met many
of his future collaborators,

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and here, in 1917,
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now an alcoholic.

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Keaton separated from the company.

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At 21 years of age
He was already a theater veteran.

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In New York, on a rainy
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Keaton met another
variety comedian,

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Roscoe Arbuckle, who
I was already working in the cinema.

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He had started out as a police officer
Keystone, produced by Mack Sennett.

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And its popularity around the world
She was second only to Chaplin.

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Producer Joseph Schenck
I convinced him

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with a good salary
and a company in his name.

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Being able to create freely,

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Arbuckle directed his
own movies.

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He invited Keaton to the
Talmadge Studio on 48th,

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and his life changed.

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the first time
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I had to buy a bucket of molasses.

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In the first scene,

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Keaton instinctively used
the fall as a comic element.

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It was enough to walk around the set
and immediately found material.

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He had done it since childhood.

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Arbuckle and Keaton immediately
They had a good relationship.

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The simple molasses gag
It became a classic.

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I put on my hat,
I take the spoon,

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he greets me, he tries to get me out
the hat but it doesn't move.

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Molasses falls everywhere
and the feet stick together.

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The first thing I wanted to do
was to dismantle the camera.

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I wanted to understand the setup,

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understand how the pieces fit together
for the final film.

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I watched Arbuckle at work
and the admiration was mutual.

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Arbuckle showed him one
of the few things I didn't know:

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how to spill
a sack of flour in the face.

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I asked him, "How
do I avoid it? "

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He said, "Stay away, and when you turn,
"That will be the moment."

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And it was true?

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I literally covered myself in flour.

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On the next set the great
dramatic actress Norma Talmadge,

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that he began to have
difficulties concentrating.

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Thanks to your insistence,
the comedian had to move.

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Joe Schenck,
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forced him to move to the suburbs,
to the Biograph studio in the Bronx.

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Keaton was now the sidekick
of Arbuckle, along with Al St. John.

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He played minor roles,

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that can be discovered
watching the movie up close.

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There were three films with Arbuckle,
before becoming assistant director.

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Read the scenes

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and it was practically
his co-director.

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Arbuckle moved to California in 1917
in search of a better environment.

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Then it was not known,
but it was already

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the sole author of the
Arbuckle gags.

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After 12 films, his career
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but I spent most of the time
in France entertaining the troops.

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In California, located next to
The family started again.

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Buster came to dinner with us.

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My brother invited him one night,

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and he stayed for three years.

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He became one of the family.

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My mother was crazy about him.

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He was like a son to her.

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Everywhere we went,
Buster was with us.

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Your complete wardrobe
It consisted of a toothbrush,

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that he kept in his pocket.

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He was charming, adorable.

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An important figure in the family
It was Roscoe Arbuckle.

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Keaton has always maintained that Arbuckle
was his greatest inspiration

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and his best friend.

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Working with Arbuckle,
It was difficult not to laugh.

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In 1919, Schenck divided the company.

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Arbuckle moved on to feature films
and Keaton had his own studio.

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Schenck bought the
Chaplin's old studio

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and gave him my name.

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As a good producer he told me:

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"We have to make eight movies,
two rolls per year,

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that will be distributed by
the new company, Metro".

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Keaton now earned two thousand dollars
per week and 25% of the profit.

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Schenck lent it to Metro
for this feature film,

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"The Saphead", a great success
by Douglas Fairbanks.

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Metro offered
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who participated in one of his films.

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Fairbanks said:
"I have the right person: Keaton."

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He said he was going to do
the role of a clown.

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"Dress him properly
and will be your Bertie The Lamb."

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And so it was.

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He worked alongside William H. Crane,
who already had experience on Broadway.

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Keaton had become an actor.

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This comedy about Wall Street
It's not Keaton's style,

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but critics pointed out
an unusual feature:

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the unusual composition
of his performance.

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For Variety, his interpretation
It was all a revelation.

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Back in his studio,

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Keaton dedicated himself to his
first work, "The High Sign."

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I chose Eddie Cline
as co-director.

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Cline, who had worked for Sennett,
He starred in many of his films.

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A new approach was born,
a new way of seeing things.

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His impassive face
It became his trademark.

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"The lock of time
It opens at 9:00. "

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They called me "Stone Face",
"Impassive Face",

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"Ring Hole"
I had some wonderful nicknames.

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Martine Burkett, female lead
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discovered that the "stone face"
It was not fixed.

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In the middle of a scene
something fun was happening,

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there was laughter,

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and we had to start again.

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He could laugh at nothing,

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it was difficult for him
keep that impassive look.

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Despite the complexity of the scenes
and the great thing about the gags,

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Keaton was not satisfied
with "The High Sign."

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saw her once

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and rejected the film.

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His first film
It had to be much stronger.

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He decided to close the studio.

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He went on vacation to Lone Pine,
where Arbuckle was making a movie.

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To help interpret
the part of an Indian.

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Arbuckle went to Hollywood with
Keaton and Joe Roberts, the new villain,

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and it was luck
the one that inspired Keaton's first film.

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"One Week" was inspired
in a documentary.

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This documentary showed
to a married couple

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who bought land
and, in just 7 days,

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built
a mobile home.

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For the wedding, my uncle
he gives me the mobile home,

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and my aunt gives me
the land to build on.

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My wife's former suitor
change the numbers in the boxes.

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The result is the house
weakest in the world.

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And, on top of that, it is built
on the wrong ground.

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I have always preferred an audience
smarter than me...

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...that it gives more pleasure to deceive.

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"One Week" became
the most successful comedy of the year.

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The public learned that a Keaton film
It was a spectacular experience.

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But the best visual effect
It was actually very simple.

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Without money,
Buster wants to put an end to it.

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A simple number like this
requires great skill.

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Keaton takes a risk
with the double exposure technique.

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The same scene repeats
in the other half.

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For perfect synchronicity, Keaton uses
music marked by a metronome.

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To represent three Keatons,

247
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The problems multiply.

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Keaton wanted to dare even more.

249
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,879
The second scene was impossible
and Keaton did it himself.

250
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the same movie
It was exhibited nine times.

251
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Keaton and his comedy
They didn't have a script.

252
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,115
The numbers were invented
during filming.

253
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,392
When a gag was made
It was said: "This is a good start."

254
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,953
"And the conclusion?"

255
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,429
Once the end was found,

256
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I didn't think how it was going to turn out.

257
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,716
We knew it was going to be good.

258
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,309
It was love at first sight.

259
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:15,549
"Where is the ring?"

260
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:26,351
"...I declare them..."

261
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:31,111
"...husband and wife."

262
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,673
During a period,
Keaton had thought about marriage,

263
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but he was too busy working.

264
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,359
Then there was an accident in
the filming of "Electric House".

265
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Keaton tripped on the stairs
mechanical problems and fractured an ankle.

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Filming was interrupted.

267
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,156
During his convalescence
decided to marry Natalie Talmadge,

268
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one of the famous Talmadge sisters.

269
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,276
Norma and Constanza were stars
unlike Natalie.

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00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,631
The wedding took place on Long Island, in the
home of Joe Schenck and Norma Talmadge.

271
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,188
He loved her very much and she
also, at the beginning.

272
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,555
But I think Peg Talmadge,
the mother of the three sisters,

273
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:26,954
ELEANOR KEATON
Widow

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I wanted to marry her
to get rid of her.

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00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,791
As Joe Schenck had produced
films by Constanza and Norma Talmadge,

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and also Buster's,

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with marriage
It was all in the family.

278
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,790
But from one point of view,
Buster was a lonely artist,

279
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not very influenced, and was not
Natalie's dream husband.

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After a while, Keaton
He joined the family.

281
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,515
Many were opposed to marriage.

282
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:09,595
Replacing brothers and sisters,
painted a portrait of domestic life.

283
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:58,038
In May 1921, he made a film
about a man wrongly accused.

284
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,350
4 months later, his best friend
He was accused of murder.

285
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,589
The newspapers were full of
photographs and false accusations.

286
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,430
A girl had died at a party.

287
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,510
Those photographs
They were published for weeks,

288
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,153
always on the first page.

289
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,359
W. R. Hearst told Joe Schenck,
in front of me:

290
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,598
"It's not credible,

291
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:27,237
but we have sold more newspapers
with Arbuckle than with the Lusitania.

292
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,633
In the third process,

293
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,230
The jury acquitted Arbuckle,
presenting his apologies.

294
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,118
But the film industry
had banished from the screens.

295
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,356
He was literally outraged.

296
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,591
He was as guilty as I was.

297
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,671
Arbuckle was destroyed.

298
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,959
Towards the end of
Arbuckle's third process

299
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,754
this is the movie that
Keaton was filming.

300
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,512
Keaton was the last of the greats
comedians to move to feature films.

301
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,954
It was a decision
taken with caution.

302
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,034
To make the leap
two to six rolls,

303
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,232
Keaton remembers "Intolerance",

304
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,432
the epic of D. W. Griffith
about love,

305
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,711
divided into four stories.

306
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,036
The story covers three eras:

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00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,039
the stone age, ancient rome
and the modern era.

308
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:17,758
The stories of the
rival suitors

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00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,317
could become 3 rolls if
Keaton changed his mind.

310
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,636
It was full of slapstick gags.

311
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,677
But it was the last film of this type.

312
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,276
Keaton wanted to convince the public

313
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,109
that this was the birth
of your favorite sport.

314
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,470
He was passionate about baseball.

315
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,432
The field was bad,
bumpy.

316
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,119
Even the stone that
he threw was very irregular.

317
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,074
In fact, it didn't go where he wanted,

318
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:00,429
LOYAL T. LUCAS
Actor and friend

319
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,198
in the first two shots.

320
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,153
I tried many times,
without achieving it,

321
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,432
and came to give
10 hits in one shot.

322
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,596
But on take 52,

323
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,748
It came out the way he wanted
and it was worth all the effort.

324
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,157
had to hit,

325
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,556
to capture the scene,

326
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,428
making you think that
the gag was fake.

327
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,111
His gags were never fake.

328
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,475
Keaton had learned
another rule:

329
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,752
the public must take seriously
their characters.

330
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,270
It was necessary to conquer
the sympathies of the public

331
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,631
to sustain a story.

332
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,030
But for it to work

333
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,759
there was no need to be pretentious.

334
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,192
The public had to decide
if he cared about me.

335
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,519
I shouldn't have demanded it.

336
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,309
No comedian was
so majestic.

337
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,639
But everything was less expensive
than it seems.

338
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,838
Some stages were built
for an exhibition in Hollywood.

339
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:34,711
The set designer, Fred Gabourie,
transformed them into ancient Rome.

340
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,590
Everything was ready
for an entire movie.

341
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,830
It was a family affair.

342
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,748
Natalie was the female lead.

343
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,673
His father Joe also participated
with a famous variety number.

344
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,436
Even little Keaton
It had a part in the prologue.

345
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,711
Keaton was
William MacKay of New York

346
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,911
who inherits a property in the south

347
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,190
and leaves on a long journey.

348
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,510
In the shorts
the gags were very extravagant.

349
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,590
But in feature films
that could not be allowed.

350
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,553
More could be done
impossible numbers.

351
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,910
Or the animated gags.

352
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,237
That they had to be credible,

353
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,634
Otherwise the story would be lost.

354
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,558
The train was a replica of the
Stephenson's rocket,

355
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,309
built in the studio
with motor remains.

356
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,029
They were not very demanding in
the organization of the roads.

357
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,715
They ignored any unevenness,

358
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,599
they passed over
tree trunks, rocks...

359
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,233
It was amazing
walk that road.

360
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,313
Now I know that traveling is good

361
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,792
Natalie was opposed to
take the child to the set.

362
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,798
But I changed my mind
when she became the protagonist.

363
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,070
From the beginning
He had doubts about his role.

364
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,829
And towards the end of filming
it was already...

365
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,511
pregnant with her second child,

366
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,235
Bobby.

367
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:14,560
Their scenes had to be shot passing
through the bushes in order to cover it,

368
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,196
because the belly was evident.

369
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,958
The location in northern California
It was Keaton's favorite, Truckee.

370
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:26,193
The Truckee River was the protagonist
at the climax of the film.

371
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,035
Co-director Jack Blystone
I placed the cameras in the rapids.

372
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,110
It is at this point where
A terrible accident occurred.

373
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,150
The cameraman couldn't
interrupt your work without an order,

374
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,072
whatever happens,

375
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,630
because some scenes
arose from errors,

376
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:54,950
or unforeseen events.

377
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,034
It was in the river.

378
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,318
I had tied a cable,

379
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,830
in order to have
the cameras at the same speed.

380
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,317
In the movie you see exactly
the moment the cable breaks.

381
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,113
Enlarging the image

382
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,358
it is clearly seen
the severity of the accident.

383
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:28,360
It's all there, in the movie.

384
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:28,792
It's all there, in the movie.

385
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,993
I couldn't stop filming
for no reason.

386
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,236
If he drowned he would remain
documented his death.

387
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,792
He continued filming.

388
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,118
He went down the rapids,

389
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,512
above the rocks,
almost suffocated by the foam.

390
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,233
He was able to move towards the shore
and cling to the branches of a tree.

391
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,478
I was completely exhausted.

392
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,712
But a number was waiting for him
even more dangerous.

393
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,352
Below their feet, the trees and the
rocks accentuated the feeling of danger,

394
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,439
of what the number would be
riskiest of his career.

395
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,959
Buster had to save Natalie
before falling down the waterfall.

396
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:02,275
The number was filmed on a
waterfall built in the mountains,

397
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,392
or at least that was thought.

398
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:12,632
In reality, the set was built
in a pool in Keaton's studio.

399
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,915
These unpublished photographs

400
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,352
show that the valley
It was a great miniature

401
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,755
covered with small trees.

402
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,070
But the number was real.

403
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,758
Keaton gave a test
of its value and its capacity,

404
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:41,238
even if you look closely,
Instead of Natalie there is a puppet.

405
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:50,229
Keaton swallowed so much water
that a doctor was needed.

406
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,635
He was averse to doubles.

407
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,275
I never used a double.

408
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,440
Although some
They maintain the opposite.

409
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,034
Knowing Buster well,

410
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,076
and having always worked
as a professional,

411
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,160
it was impossible to do
as he wanted.

412
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,038
He knew exactly what he wanted.

413
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,557
Their falls were different.

414
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,069
They were not simple cartwheels.

415
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,516
He did many things before he fell.

416
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:23,837
For a guy like that
You can't have a double.

417
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:30,956
Keaton did much better numbers
riskier than those he did in the theater.

418
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,632
He was a great athlete,

419
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:43,837
and he ran in an incredible way.

420
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,433
For Keaton, a comedy
It had to have physical action.

421
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,073
In addition to their own numbers,
He also performed as a double.

422
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,636
In "Sherlock Jr."

423
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,668
plays the part of the police
on a dangerous descent.

424
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,199
I asked him:

425
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,753
RAYMOND ROHAUER
Partner

426
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,157
"Have you never been hurt?"
He said, "Yes, always!"

427
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:28,638
"Do you see this in your head?
I had it done on 'Seven Chances.'"

428
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:32,799
"Do you see this scar on my leg?

429
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,309
I did it in 'Sherlock Jr.' "

430
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,988
"Look at this," rolling up his shirt sleeves,

431
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,351
"I did it in 'Battling Butler'."

432
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,439
There was something from all the movies
in his body.

433
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,756
In one he had to jump
from one building to another.

434
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,759
At the top of
a gallery in Los Angeles

435
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,789
a set was built
to create the impression of height.

436
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,912
looking down

437
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,398
seemed to be in
the 12th or 14th floor.

438
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,830
He helped me with the roof of a skylight,

439
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,716
I stood on the edge of the roof,
and used it as a springboard,

440
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:16,715
and fell.

441
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,956
Keaton hit the wall
and suffered serious injuries.

442
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,469
Eddie Clein and the others suggested
change the sequence.

443
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,636
Keaton gladly accepted.

444
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,319
with the awning
the fall was stopped.

445
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,229
and had
a place to land.

446
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,990
It became the sequence
funniest thing in the movie.

447
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,190
His friend William Collier Jr.

448
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:55,833
I was so worried about the risks,

449
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,635
who worked as a consultant
in dangerous scenes.

450
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,878
I have worked
in all its dangerous numbers.� 

451
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,911
WILLIAM COLLIER JR.
Actor and friend�

452
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,277
Including the few� 
which he considered dangerous.

453
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:13,874
My job was to make sure that
everything was in its place on the set.� 

454
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,715
There was always a lot at stake.

455
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:21,114
I had to do it so
that nothing would happen� 

456
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,512
that would harm the number
and to save one's skin.� 

457
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:31,792
Nobody prevented
The "Sherlock Jr." incident.

458
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,632
Another big incident
It was the one with the cistern.� 

459
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,430
The train was moving
and he was clinging to the tank pipe.

460
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,513
I had not anticipated
the force of water.� 

461
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:49,395
was shot down
and ended up with my head in a rail.� 

462
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,478
I had a terrible headache.� 

463
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,353
I stopped filming
for a few days.� 

464
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,910
Then he went back to work
and I didn't think about it anymore.

465
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:58,917
But 12 or 13 years later,� 

466
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,871
during a medical examination� 
An x-ray was done.� 

467
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,631
The doctor asked him:
"When did you break your neck?"

468
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,354
He replied: "Never."
And the doctor: "Oh, yes."

469
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,510
Then I remembered
and said, "Maybe it was."

470
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:19,915
when I hit a rail."
And the doctor: "I think so."

471
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,831
In "Sherlock Junior"
Buster is a detective.� 

472
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,594
Who chases the suspect.� 

473
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,837
The film poses a dilemma:

474
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:32,758
It was full of impossible gags,

475
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,389
but they had to serve
to tell a story.

476
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:42,399
I had taken a series
of theater tricks.

477
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,231
I had prepared them,

478
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:49,837
but they couldn't connect
with a credible story.� 

479
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,840
They were hallucinations,� 

480
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,072
some clown gags,� 

481
00:43:58,320 --> 00:43:59,514
some of Houdini,� 

482
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:01,552
and others from Ching Ling Foo.

483
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:03,838
It must have been like a dream.� 

484
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:06,838
To put it all together,

485
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,233
there had to be a projectionist

486
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,430
who falls asleep and dreams of being

487
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,838
a movie character
that you are projecting.� 

488
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,273
Get out of the projection booth,� 

489
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,476
go up to the screen� 
and becomes part of the movie.� 

490
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,277
Let me tell you the story.� 

491
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,959
I think the story was successful

492
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,869
because he had one of the best
existing cameramen,

493
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,199
Elgian Lessley.

494
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,396
At first he worked with Sennett.� 

495
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,312
Lessley's task was simple,� 
at the beginning.� 

496
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:57,032
Here the image on the screen� 
It's part of cinema.�

497
00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:59,671
The light projects a film.� 

498
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,230
The same goes for this one.
One scene contains the other.� 

499
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,676
Things get complicated
when the scene is outdoors.� 

500
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:25,155
Lessley had to film
screen and cinema separately,

501
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,158
in the same movie.� 

502
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,635
To join precisely,
He used surveying instruments.

503
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,399
The film was a success.

504
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,556
It raised nearly half a million dollars.� 

505
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:46,959
But for critics it lacked
originality and ingenuity.� 

506
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,873
Keaton and his collaborators
they got together

507
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,038
looking for new ideas�
for another comedy.� 

508
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,076
The ideas came from an event,� 

509
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,033
a very strange case.� 

510
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:05,070
In 1919, alleged Bolsheviks
They were deported from Russia� 

511
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,277
aboard the ship Buford.

512
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,148
In 1924,

513
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:14,230
The ship was about to be destroyed when
Gabourie Fred saw her in San Francisco,� 

514
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:19,672
and Keaton rescued her for
25 thousand dollars for the captaincy.� 

515
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,875
With his ideal collaborators
a story set on the ship.

516
00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:29,470
Some foreign agents� 
They see the ship drifting.� 

517
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:30,908
But who is on the boat?

518
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,235
Two socialists are trapped on board.� 

519
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,108
They are both safe� 
that they are not alone.� 

520
00:47:58,400 --> 00:47:59,719
They finally meet.

521
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,519
Neither of them ever
has been in a kitchen.� 

522
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,952
They cannot be prepared
not a cup of tea�,� 

523
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,429
but it's even worse.� 

524
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,832
There are no two more negative people.

525
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:21,596
The only thing left to do
is to survive.� 

526
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:04,109
Although he refuses,

527
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,711
Buster has to learn
diving techniques

528
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,516
in order not to sink the ship.� 

529
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,111
Keaton didn't want doubles,� 

530
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,836
even if the operation
It was very dangerous.�

531
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:29,558
The camera in a special helmet
He submerged himself in Lake Tahoe,� 

532
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,229
The waters were crystal clear.� 

533
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,718
The worst problem was
that the lake was so cold

534
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,472
that could not be filmed
more than half an hour at a time.� 

535
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,193
Due to risk of freezing.� 

536
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:47,228
Due to the cold, the glass of the
camera helmet fogged up.

537
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:49,715
It was necessary to fill
the ice helmet

538
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,632
To finish the sequence� 
It took four weeks.� 

539
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:59,309
In the southern seas the ship
is attacked by cannibals.

540
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:52,791
When the cannibals conquer
the ship�the couple flees to the high seas.� 

541
00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:32,710
"The Navigator" was born
without too much project.

542
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:34,234
But it was a triumph.� 

543
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:38,474
It was Keaton's most successful film,

544
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:43,833
and placed him on the Olympus of comedy,� 
along with Chaplin and Harold Lloyd.� 

545
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:46,952
But his best work
It was still to come.�