The Cameraman | 1928 | Comedy, Romance

Title: The Cameraman | 1928 | Comedy, Romance Director: Edward Sedgwick Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey Release Date: September 22, 1928 Runtime: 69 minutes Format: Silent, black-and-white, 1.33:1 Country: United States Language: Silent Genres: Comedy, Romance --- Chapters: 00:00:00 Street photographer meets Sally 00:12:00 A new movie camera and ambitions 00:28:00 Pool outing complications 00:44:00 Chinatown assignment 00:58:00 Storm, rescue, and screening --- Summary: A shy New York tintype photographer abandons still photography after falling for Sally, a secretary at the M-G-M Newsreel office. Determined to impress her and win a job, he buys an old motion-picture camera and sets out to capture newsworthy events across the city. His first efforts are plagued by technical mishaps, but perseverance leads him into chaotic assignments, including a violent tong war and a perilous waterside accident. When his footage finally proves his skill, his professional breakthrough aligns with a modest romantic triumph. --- Background: The Cameraman was Buster Keaton’s first feature made under contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is widely regarded as his last film with significant creative control. Released in September 1928, it was produced at the end of the silent era and later selected for the United States National Film Registry in 2005. Long thought compromised by lost elements after the 1965 MGM vault fire, the film was reconstructed from prints discovered in 1968 and 1991. --- Trivia: Working title: Snap Shots. The film includes a celebrated sequence at an empty Yankee Stadium in which Keaton pantomimes a full baseball game. Josephine, an organ grinder’s monkey, appears as a memorable on-screen companion to Keaton. New York opening occurred the week of September 15, 1928, ahead of general release later that month. The Cameraman was a major success for Keaton at MGM, with contemporary trade reports noting strong grosses. In 2005 the Library of Congress named the film to the National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: September 22, 1928 Original Studio / Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. Copyright Status: Public Domain Renewal: Yes --- Hashtags: TheCameraman BusterKeaton SilentFilm ClassicCinema MGM 1928 PublicDomain EdwardSedgwick Source page: https: //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cameraman_(1928).webm Direct media URL: https: //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/The_Cameraman_%281928%29.webm