As if his golf game wasn't bad enough, Buster Keaton ends up in prison stripes when he is knocked out by escaped prisoner # unlucky 13 and has to outwit the guards who spot him then later incarcerate him. As if nobody would realize that it's not really the missing prisoner, and then later to fins out that #13 is really unlucky, due to be hung, and not by the chimney with care. This is dark but funny, ironic and filled with the magic that only Keaton can do. Shots of other prisoners applauding his pending execution, being given snacks as if they were at the movies.
A great peppy musical score accompanies the action, showing that there were and are geniuses interested in the art of silent films, where the comedy can often be violent, the villains dastardly and the down on his luck hero wonderfully lovable. With many of these close to a century old, it's nice to still have access to them. Certainly, every one of the silent legends had their style, and in the case of Keaton, it is hard to find fault in his style of comedy, no matter how silly or dated it seems to be.
A great peppy musical score accompanies the action, showing that there were and are geniuses interested in the art of silent films, where the comedy can often be violent, the villains dastardly and the down on his luck hero wonderfully lovable. With many of these close to a century old, it's nice to still have access to them. Certainly, every one of the silent legends had their style, and in the case of Keaton, it is hard to find fault in his style of comedy, no matter how silly or dated it seems to be.