The Cameraman
(1928)
68 mins | Comedy | 22 September 1928
Director:
Edward SedgwickWriters:
Clyde Bruckman, Lew LiptonCinematographers:
Reggie Lanning, Elgin LessleyEditor:
Hugh WynnProduction Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.According to a studio directory in the 26 May 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, production began 4 Apr 1928 on what was then called Snap Shots.
Although only Hugh Wynn is credited onscreen as the film editor, other contemporary sources also credit Basil Wrangell. Modern Sources credit Frank Dugas as the film's Asst cam and include Richard Alexander, Ray Cooke and William Irving in the cast.
According to John Bengtson's Silent Echoes (Santa Monica, CA, 2000), The Cameraman was Buster Keaton's "last great silent feature." Bengtson identified the following locations: Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY; Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, NY, especially near the corner of E. 56th Street; the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, CA; and nearby in the 1600 block of Cahuenga Boulevard. Beachside locations were Venice, CA, and Newport Beach, CA.
The Cameraman and Keaton's Our Hospitality opened and closed the 24th San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 1-5 May 2019. ...
According to a studio directory in the 26 May 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, production began 4 Apr 1928 on what was then called Snap Shots.
Although only Hugh Wynn is credited onscreen as the film editor, other contemporary sources also credit Basil Wrangell. Modern Sources credit Frank Dugas as the film's Asst cam and include Richard Alexander, Ray Cooke and William Irving in the cast.
According to John Bengtson's Silent Echoes (Santa Monica, CA, 2000), The Cameraman was Buster Keaton's "last great silent feature." Bengtson identified the following locations: Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY; Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, NY, especially near the corner of E. 56th Street; the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, CA; and nearby in the 1600 block of Cahuenga Boulevard. Beachside locations were Venice, CA, and Newport Beach, CA.
The Cameraman and Keaton's Our Hospitality opened and closed the 24th San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 1-5 May 2019.
Tintype photographer Buster falls in love with Sally, a secretary for the M-G-M Newsreel, and pawns his still camera in order to buy an antiquated movie camera. At Sally's urging, Buster photographs news events that may be of interest to M-G-M, but all of his attempts turn out badly. Sally tips Buster off about an impending tong war in Chinatown, and he covers all the dangerous action only to find that he had no film in his camera. The following day, Buster is filming a regatta and Sally falls overboard from the boat of Stagg, a cowardly M-G-M cameraman who deserts her to save himself. Buster rescues Sally and wins her undying ...
Tintype photographer Buster falls in love with Sally, a secretary for the M-G-M Newsreel, and pawns his still camera in order to buy an antiquated movie camera. At Sally's urging, Buster photographs news events that may be of interest to M-G-M, but all of his attempts turn out badly. Sally tips Buster off about an impending tong war in Chinatown, and he covers all the dangerous action only to find that he had no film in his camera. The following day, Buster is filming a regatta and Sally falls overboard from the boat of Stagg, a cowardly M-G-M cameraman who deserts her to save himself. Buster rescues Sally and wins her undying love.
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