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Sherlock, Jr.
Theatrical poster for Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Directed by	Buster Keaton
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck Buster Keaton
Written by	Clyde Bruckman Jean C. Havez Joe Mitchell
Starring	Buster Keaton Kathryn McGuire Joe Keaton Erwin Connelly Ward Crane
Cinematography	Byron Houck Elgin Lessley
Editing by	Buster Keaton
Release date(s)	April 21, 1924
Running time	44 min
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
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Sherlock, Jr. is a 1924 comedy feature film which tells the story of a movie projectionist who is accused of stealing his girlfriend's father's watch. He falls asleep on the job and dreams that he is a Sherlock Holmes type solving the case. It stars Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton and Ward Crane.

The movie was written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean C. Havez and Joseph A. Mitchell. It was directed by Keaton. In 1991, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. Woody Allen has cited it as a source of inspiration for his own film, The Purple Rose of Cairo.

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• Keaton "walked" into the movie via the power of suggestion. The scene shifted back and forth several times from the projectionist's booth to the movie that was being shown. But for the last shift, instead of showing the movie, the camera this time showed a stage with live actors, designed to replicate the look of the movie. Therefore, Buster actually climbed onstage, but created the illusion of joining the movie.
• During the scene following his "entry" into the movie he's projecting, the scenery around him changes abruptly several times. It wasn't until the 1940s that Keaton revealed that he and his cameraman had used surveyor's instruments to position him, and the camera, at exactly the correct distances and positions to provide the illusion of continuity.^{[citation needed]}
• In one scene, Keaton hangs off a tube connected to a water tower used for replenishing the steam locomotive's water supply. The water poured out and knocked him on to the track, severely fracturing his neck. It wasn't until the 1930s that a doctor discovered the healed break during a routine examination. At that point, Buster recalled having agonizing headaches for a few days following the accident.
• Ranked #62 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs.

• Buster Keaton filmography

• Sherlock Jr. at the Internet Movie Database

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