Watching
Sherlock Jr., perhaps the most famous of Buster Keaton's numerous silent film comedies, solidified for me that I'm more of a Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd guy when it comes to my silent movie comedies. No offense meant to Keaton though, few actors in any era could measure up to the likes of Chaplin and Lloyd and he's still got plenty of talent of his own that makes him a noteworthy individual in his own right. Such talent is on full display in
Sherlock Jr., which, in the span of just over 40 minutes, allows one to see numerous instances of the kind of impressive stuntwork that informed so much of his comedy.
