This 1922 short subject for First National Pictures finds Buster Keaton as the assistant to blacksmith Joe Roberts. Although by 1922 the horseless carriage had taken over the big city, you could still find a shop like this one in the hinterlands.
In fact Keaton does seek to keep up with the times and also tries to repair a car with hilarious results though not for the car owner.
Best gag in the film was the giant horseshoe over the shop which acts as a magnet grabbing everything metallic near it.
If blacksmith's like Buster were the future of the trade good thing the automobile was invented when it was.
In fact Keaton does seek to keep up with the times and also tries to repair a car with hilarious results though not for the car owner.
Best gag in the film was the giant horseshoe over the shop which acts as a magnet grabbing everything metallic near it.
If blacksmith's like Buster were the future of the trade good thing the automobile was invented when it was.