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INTERIOR OF A BOAT. BUSTER TRIES TO BALANCE
HIMSELF AS BOAT ROCKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. BOAT IN WORKSHOP. BOY ROCKS BOAT WITH ROPE. BUSTER FALLS OUR OF BOAT. SPANKS BOY. BUSTER OPENS DOOR TIES ROPE FROM CAR TO BOAT. ENTRANCE TOO SMALL. FAMILY PUZZLED. WIFE ROLLS HER EYES. BUSTER CHIPS AWAY AT BRICKS. BLACK OUT. ENTRANCE SLIGHTLY WIDER. GETS IN CAR. TOWS BOAT FROM HOUSE, COLLAPSING THE HOUSE. BUSTER SEARCHES WRECKAGE. FINDS BATHTUB. TOSSES TUB IN BOAT. |
| 00:03:10 190 |
BUSTER TOWS BOAT INTO WATER. LITTLE BOY ON
RAFTER. WIFE PANICS. BUSTER STANDS WHILE CAR STILL MOVES. WIFE GRABS ROPE AND IS PULLED AFTER BOAT. CAR FALLS OFF DOCK. BUSTER TRIES TO PULL CAR BACK. CUTS ROPE. CAR SINKS. BUSTER SAVES BOY. SECURES ROPE. CLIMBS ON BOAT. SALUTES. WIFE WITH SODA BOTTLE PREPARES TO CHRISTEN SHIP. BUSTER LEANS DOWN FROM BOW WITH HAMMER, TAKES BOTTLE AND BREAKS IT. BOAT LAUNCHED. SINKS INTO WATER. |
| 00:05:22 322 |
LS OF BUSTER FIXING THE BOAT. UPRIGHT SMOKE
STACK. PLACES OVER BOY. BOY CRIES FOR HELP. BUSTER LISTENS. LOOKS ANNOYED. LIFTS SMOKESTACK. BOY SLIDES OVERBOARD THROUGH SMOKESTACK INTO WATER. BUSTER THROWS LIFE PRESERVER. TAKES TEMPERATURE OF WATER. LOOKS AT THERMOMETER. TRIPS TRYING TO DIVE. SAVES BOY. BOY KICKS BUSTER IN FACE. BUSTER PUSHES BOY INTO BOAT. CLIMBS ABOARD. PUTS BOY BELOW DECK WITH WIFE AND OTHER BOY. WIFE HITS BOY WITH BROOM. CLEANS. BUSTER STARTS BOAT. PULLS DOCK APART. PEOPLE FALL INTO WATER. PULLS LEVER. MASTS AND SMOKESTACK ALL FLATTEN AGAINST BOAT. UNDER LOW BRIDGE. |
| 00:08:02 482 |
BUSTER RELAXES WHILE PILOTING BOAT. ANOTHER LOW
BRIDGE. BUSTER TRIES TO FIX FLAG. |
| 00:08:18 498 |
BOAT MAST BREAKS AFTER HITTING LOW BRIDGE,
KNOCKING KEATON OVERBOARD. BUSTER HIT WITH MAST. FALLS OVERBOARD. SWIMS FRANTICALLY. CATCHES BOAT. WIFE ON DECK. UPSET. THROWS ANCHOR OVERBOARD. ANCHOR FLOATS. FIXING BOAT. FISHING. GIVES FISH TO WIFE BELOW DECK. PILOTING BOAT. BREAKFAST OF PANCAKES. BOAT ROCKING WHILE FAMILY PRETENDS EAT. HIDING PANCAKES. BUSTER SHUSHES CHILDREN. BOAT TILTS. BOAT CLIMBS UPSTREAM. DOWNSTREAM, LOOKS OUT PORTHOLE. HANGING PAINTING. WATER SEEPS BENEATH PAINTING. CONFUSED. CU OF PAINTING WITH WATER FLOWING OUT THE BOTTOM. BUSTER TASTES WATER. PULLS PAINTING FROM WALL. WATER COMES IN THROUGH HOLE. BUSTER NAILS PANCAKE OVER HOLE. |
| 00:11:05 665 |
WIFE SERVES BREAKFAST. SPEEDBOAT MOVING
THROUGH WATER. BOAT ROCKS, THROWING BREAKFAST OFF TABLE. BUSTER GOES UP ON DECK. FAMILY CLEANS. NAILS STEERING WHEEL IN PLACE. BOAT ON CALM SEA. FOUR BEDS OUT OF BOAT'S WALLS. BUSTER PUTS ON NIGHTSHIRT. WIFE HELPS BOY WITH NIGHTSHIRT. BUSTER IN TOP BUNK. BREAKS AND FALLS ONTO BOTTOM BUNK. FIXES BUNK. CU LIGHTNING AND STORM CLOUDS. BOAT ROCKING ON ROUGH SEAS. WATER OPENS PORTHOLE, SPLASHING BUSTER OUT OF BUNK ONTO FLOOR. LOOKS OUT WINDOW. SPLASHED AGAIN. ON DECK WITH CANDLE. HEAVY WINDS ROCK BOAT. BUSTER MAINTAINS BALANCE. SEARCHING FOR MATCHES. ATTEMPTS TO RELIGHT CANDLE. FALLS OVERBOARD. CLIMBS ABOARD. BELOW DECK. GETS UMBRELLA. ON DECK. OPENS UMBRELLA. WIND TAKES UMBRELLA. USES TELESCOPE. FLACCID. FALLS OVERBOARD. CLIMBS ABOARD. LEANS ON MAST. MAST FALLS OVER. |
| 00:14:52 892 |
BELOW DECK. WIFE AND CHILDREN LEAVE ROOM.
BUSTER TRIES TELEGRAPH. HEADPHONES. SHORTS OUT. TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. S.O.S. SIGNS OFF. MAST BREAKS OFF BOAT. ROCKING BOAT ROTATES IN WATER FROM WAVES. BUSTER RUNS ALONG INNER BOAT WALLS LIKE A HAMSTER IN A WHEEL. BUSTER NAILS HIS FEET TO THE FLOOR. BOAT STILL ROTATES. CU OF WATER BREAKING THROUGH PANCAKE PATCH ON WALL. BUSTER DRILLS HOLE IN FLOOR. CABIN BEING FLOODED. |
| 00:17:46 1066 |
FRANTICALLY TRYING TO STOP LEAKS, KEATON ATTEMPS
TO PLUG HOLES IN CABIN OF LEAKIY SHIP. DRINKS WATER FROM COFFEE CUP. |
| 00:18:08 1088 |
BOAT GETTING SOAKED FROM STORM. BUSTER AND
FAMILY TRY TO PUT ON LIFE JACKETS. TUB BEING USED AS LIFEBOAT. FAMILY SAFE IN TUB. BUSTER ON SINKING BOAT. WAVES FLAG. WIND TAKES FLAGS. |
| 00:19:56 1196 |
BOAT STINKS. KEATON RIDES SINKING SHIP AS IT GOES
UNDERWATER. FAMILY FRIGHTENED. BUSTER'S HAT FLOATS IN WATER. FAMILY SAD. BUSTER RISES OUT OF WATER, WEARING HAT. SWIMS TO TUB. FILLS HAT WITH FAUCET WATER. BOY DRINKS FROM HAT. BUSTER PUTS HAT ON HEAD SPLASHING HIMSELF. SEARCHERS GIVE UP. TUB SINKING. BAILING WATER. FAMILY EMBRACES. SINKING. KNEE HIGH WATER. WALK ASHORE ON BEACH. SHRUGS SHOULDERS. THE END. |
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Year: 1921
Color: Black & White
Genre: SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
Description: SILENT COMEDY SHORT. BUSTER KEATON AND HIS FAMILY ARE REDUCED TO A PRIMEVAL STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ABOARD A NIGHTMARISH VESSEL, THE INFAMOUS DAMFINO. FEATURING SYBIL SEALEY. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO LAUNCH A BOAT. ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME. ROUGH SEAS AHEAD. CAST ADRIFT.
