KEATON: THE SAPHEAD

Buster Keaton makes his feature film debut in THE SAPHEAD, directed by the husband of groundbreaking filmmaker Alice Guy. Keaton plays Bertie, the pampered son of a silver mine owner and brother-in-law to a shady investor who ruins Bertie’s wedding plans with lies and puts the family’s wealth in jeopardy.

Host Polly Rose (University of Bristol) says “this could be described as a dramedy; there are dark moments but also a grand slapstick action sequence at the height of the story”.  Watch out also for a rare smile from Buster; there isn’t another by him on screen until 1934.  

With live piano accompaniment by Daan van den Hurk