The Scarecrow is a 1920

1920 in film

The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...

 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...

. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline

Edward F. Cline

Edward Francis Cline was a screenwriter, actor, writer and director. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and died in Hollywood.-Career:...

. The runtime is 19 minutes. One of the more memorable scenes of the film is the opening, where Buster and Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts was an American comic actor, most notably in Buster Keaton's silent short films of the 1920s....

 share a small one room house that is filled with many space- and labor-saving Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg

Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor.He is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. These devices, now known as Rube Goldberg machines, are similar to...

 devices.

Plot

Buster plays a farmhand who competes with Joe Roberts to win the love of the farmer's daughter (Sybil Seely

Sybil Seely

Sybil Seely was a silent film actress who worked with the well known silent film comedy actor Buster Keaton. She was credited in most of her films as Sibye Trevilla....

). Running from a dog (played by Luke, Fatty Arbuckle's real-life pet), Buster falls into a hay thresher and ruins his clothes. Forced to borrow the clothes of a nearby scarecrow, Sybil believes Buster to be proposing as she stumbles upon him tying his shoe. The couple speed off on a motorcycle with Joe and the farmer (played by Buster's father, Joe) in hot pursuit. Scooping up a minister during the chase, they are married on the speeding motorcycle and splash into a stream at the climax of the ceremony and the film.

Cast

• Buster Keaton
  Buster Keaton
  Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
  
   - Farmhand (as 'Buster' Keaton)
• Edward F. Cline
  Edward F. Cline
  Edward Francis Cline was a screenwriter, actor, writer and director. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and died in Hollywood.-Career:...
  
   - Hit-and-Run Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Luke the Dog - The Dog (uncredited)
• Joe Keaton
  Joe Keaton
  Joe Keaton was an American vaudeville performer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton.-Information:...
  
   - Farmer (uncredited)
• Joe Roberts
  Joe Roberts
  Joe Roberts was an American comic actor, most notably in Buster Keaton's silent short films of the 1920s....
  
   - Farmhand (uncredited)
• Sybil Seely
  Sybil Seely
  Sybil Seely was a silent film actress who worked with the well known silent film comedy actor Buster Keaton. She was credited in most of her films as Sibye Trevilla....
  
   - Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
• Al St. John
  Alfred St. John
  Al St. John in his persona of Fuzzy Q. Jones basically defined the role and concept of "comical sidekick" to cowboy heroes from 1930 to 1951. St...
  
   - Man with Motorbike (uncredited)

External links

• The Scarecrow at Archive.org