Rent The Navigator (1924)
3.8 of 5 from 69 ratings
0h 59min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbour across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father has just sold to a small country at war.
- Actors:
- Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton, H.N. Clugston, Noble Johnson
- Directors:
- Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton
- Producers:
- Buster Keaton
- Writers:
- Clyde Bruckman, Joseph A. Mitchell, Jean C. Havez
- Studio:
- Demand Media Limited
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Cinema Afloat: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., The Last Laugh: The Film That Changed Cinema, Top 100 AFI Laughs, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/03/2020
- Run Time:
- 66 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Silent
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Navigator - Audio commentary by silent film historians Robert Arkus and Yair Solan
- New and exclusive video essay by David Cairns
- The Navigator - A short documentary on the making of the film and Keaton's fascination with boats as sources of comedy, by film historian Bruce Lawton
- Buster Keaton and Irwin Allen audio interview from 1945 (6 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Arthur Friedman audio interview from 1956 (32 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Robert Franklin audio interview from 1958 (56 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Herbert Feinstein audio interview from 1960 (48 mins)
- Buster Keaton and Studs Terkel audio interview from 1960 (38 mins)
- What! No Spinach? (1926, dir. Harry Sweet) (19 mins) - Rarely seen comedy short by American actor / director Harry Sweet, that riffs on a number of elements from 'Seven Chances'
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Reviews (1) of The Navigator
‘I think a long walk will do me good.’ - The Navigator review by LJ
Overall lacks the grander stunts I have come to expect from Buster Keaton silent films. Unfortunately feels a bit racist.
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