The Cameraman
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The Cameraman is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton.[1] The picture stars Keaton and Marceline Day.
The Cameraman | |
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Directed by | Edward Sedgwick Buster Keaton |
Written by | Story: Clyde Bruckman Lew Lipton Titles: Joseph W. Farnham |
Produced by | Buster Keaton Lawrence Weingarten (uncredited) |
Starring | Buster Keaton Marceline Day |
Cinematography | Reggie Lanning Elgin Lessley |
Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
Music by | Arthur Barrow |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 67 minutes (8 reels) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Cameraman was Keaton's first film with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is considered by fans and critics to be Keaton still in top form, and it was added to the National Film Registry in 2005 as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[2][3]
Within a little over a year, however, MGM would take away Keaton's creative control over his pictures, thereby causing drastic and long-lasting harm to his career. Keaton later called the move to MGM "the worst mistake of my career."[4] The film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024.[5]