Hard Luck (1921 film)

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Hard Luck

Buster and his Chinese wife and children from the finale of Hard Luck (1921).
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Starring Buster Keaton
Virginia Fox
Joe Roberts
Bull Montana
Cinematography Elgin Lessley
Editing by Buster Keaton
Distributed by Metro Pictures
Release date(s) March 16, 1921
Running time 22 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English (original intertitles)
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Hard Luck is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 22 minutes. For sixty years it was Keaton's only major lost film until it was partially reconstructed in 1987, with the critical final scene (which Keaton called the greatest laugh-getting scene of his career) still missing. This scene was later discovered in a Russian archive print, and now the full film is available.

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Buster plays a down on his luck young man who decides to commit suicide after losing his job and his girl. After several inept attempts to end his life - and bolstered by whiskey disguised as poison - he joins an expedition to capture an armadillo. Buster finds himself becoming more confident through a series of adventures (such as fishing and fox hunting) as the film proceeds. The confidence becomes his undoing as he misses the pool in a dive from a high board and hits the ground on the far side with such force that he disappears into a hole. The missing finale of the film begins with the title "Some years later Buster emerged". An Asian-garbed Buster climbs out of the hole in the now dry and deserted pool followed by a Chinese wife and two young children.

  • Keaton, Eleanor; Vance, Jeffrey (2001). Buster Keaton Remembered. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-4227-5. 
The films of Buster Keaton
Short Subjects, starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton (1917-1920)

The Butcher Boy • The Rough House • His Wedding Night • Oh Doctor! • Coney Island • A Country Hero • Out West • The Bell Boy • Moonshine • Good Night, Nurse! • The Cook • Back Stage • The Hayseed • The Garage

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton (1920-1923)

One Week • Convict 13 • The Scarecrow • Neighbors • The Haunted House • Hard Luck • The High Sign • The Goat • The Playhouse • The Boat • The Paleface • Cops • My Wife's Relations • The Blacksmith • The Frozen North • The Electric House • Daydreams • The Balloonatic • The Love Nest

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for Educational Pictures (1934-1937)

The Gold Ghost • Allez Oop • Palooka from Paducah • One Run Elmer • Hayseed Romance • Tars and Stripes • The E-Flat Man • The Timid Young Man • Three on a Limb • Grand Slam Opera • Blue Blazes • The Chemist • Mixed Magic • Jail Bait • Ditto • Love Nest on Wheels

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for Columbia Pictures (1939-1941)

Pest from the West • Mooching Through Georgia • Nothing but Pleasure • Pardon My Berth Marks • The Taming of the Snood • The Spook Speaks • His Ex Marks the Spot • So You Won't Squawk! • General Nuisance • She's Oil Mine

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for independent producers (1952-1966)

Paradise for Buster • Film • The Railrodder • The Scribe

Feature Films starring Buster Keaton (1920-1965)

The Saphead • Three Ages • Our Hospitality • Sherlock, Jr. • The Navigator • Seven Chances • Go West • Battling Butler • The General • College • Steamboat Bill Jr. • The Cameraman • Spite Marriage • Free and Easy • Doughboys • Parlor, Bedroom and Bath • Sidewalks of New York • Casanova wider Willen • The Passionate Plumber • Speak Easily • What! No Beer? • Le Roi des Champs-Élysées • The Invader • Moderno Barba Azul, El • Buster Keaton Rides Again

Feature Films with Buster Keaton, in featured or cameo role (1929-1966)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 • In the Good Old Summertime • Sunset Boulevard • Limelight • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
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