The Goat
1921 · 23 min · US
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair, Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, 1921: a young man sits on a bench next to a jailbird whose photograph is on the wanted poster behind them, and the rest of the two-reeler is the city deciding he is that man. Directed by Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair. The chase through the streets, the clay model that becomes a likeness, the jump onto a moving train — already the Keaton grammar: a body that treats physics as a conversation. Virginia Fox is the girl. It is the short in which being looked at is the crime.
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1921 · Source: Angelin Fonda
Public domain presentation
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Angelin Fonda
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Cast
Principal players
Buster Keaton
The Goat
Virginia Fox
The Police Chief's Daughter
Joe Roberts
Police Chief
Malcolm St. Clair
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Edward F. Cline
Cop by Telephone Pole (uncredited)
Jean C. Havez
Detective (uncredited)
Joe Keaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
L
Louise Keaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Myra Keaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
