The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1922-07-21
Genre:Comedy
Duration:23 min
Director:Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
Actors:Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Malcolm St. Clair
Production:First National Pictures

Overview:

Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.

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