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Mordaunt Hall, The New York Times
Hall found the film mixed, noting a slump in quality despite the efforts of multiple writers, leading to undeveloped and "sour" ideas.
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
Directed byBuster Keaton
Critical Consensus
7.8
IMDb
7.5
TMDB
Initial reception was mixed, with The New York Times finding it underdeveloped. However, The New York Sun praised its humor and Keaton's performance, and later critics like Dennis Schwartz and Time Out London lauded it as a hilarious and inventive comedy, especially for its chase sequences.
The Cast
Buster Keaton
James 'Jimmie' Shannon
T. Roy Barnes
Billy Meekin
Snitz Edwards
Lawyer
Ruth Dwyer
Mary Jones
Frances Raymond
Mrs. Jones
Erwin Connelly
The Clergyman
Jules Cowles
The Hired Hand
Jean Arthur
Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Rosalind Byrne
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Constance Talmadge
Girl in Car (uncredited)
Trivia
The film's opening scenes were notably shot in early Technicolor.
Buster Keaton strongly disliked the source play, calling it a "sappy farce," but made the film to settle a debt with producer Joseph Schenck.
Director John McDermott withdrew from the project just one week into shooting, telling Keaton he was wasting money by having him on set.
For the famous rock avalanche sequence, Keaton had 150 papier-mâché and chicken wire fake boulders made, some up to a meter in diameter.
During filming, Buster Keaton sustained a painful leg injury when one of the heavy fake boulders briefly pinned him to the ground.
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The New York Sun
The New York Sun called it a "bright, merry, and wholly laughable photoplay," praising Keaton's comedic talent and the film's "expert comic tricks."
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Dennis Schwartz
Schwartz liked the film, calling it a "hilarious" Buster Keaton comedy with one of the greatest chase scenes, highlighting Keaton's mastery of comedic build-up.
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Time Out London
Time Out London gave a positive review, describing it as a "dazzlingly balletic comedy" with a "fantastically elaborate" chase sequence.
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