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The simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.The simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.The simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Katherine Albert
- Hattie
- (uncredited)
George Berrell
- Jim Hardy from Arizona
- (uncredited)
Henry Clauss
- Valet
- (uncredited)
Alfred Hollingsworth
- Hathaway
- (uncredited)
Helen Holte
- Henrietta Reynolds
- (uncredited)
Jeffrey Williams
- Hutchins
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFeature-film debut of Buster Keaton.
- GoofsWhen Bertie's car pulls up to the house after the aborted wedding, the front gate is closed, but when he gets out of the car it is wide open.
- Alternate versionsIn 1995, Film Preservation Associates copyrighted a version with an orchestral score; no details were specified on the print.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
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Keaton's first feature film
The Saphead" does not showcase Keaton the filmmaker, but rather Keaton the actor. The script is from a play, the directors are individuals Keaton never worked with before or hence, and the studio was Metro, predecessor of MGM. Keaton plays Bertie the Lamb, mild-mannered and spoiled son of Nick Van Alstyne, "the Wolf of Wall Street". In spite of the fact that Keaton had no creative input to the film and isn't actually its centerpiece, there is much to like about this film and much that is so Keatonesque. Keaton plays an old-fashioned romantic and someone that is thrust into the role of the fall guy by the actual bad guy - a theme he repeats in his own features. He also has down pat the part of being the well-dressed dapper man of the 1920's, which he repeats with more comic effect in "The Battling Butler", where he did have creative control.
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- The New Henrietta
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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