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The Cameraman is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy and comedy drama produced and directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick. The film features Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, and Edward Brophy in the cast, with Clyde Bruckman serving as screenwriter. Arthur Barrow composed the music, and Elgin Lessley handled the cinematography. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced and distributed the black-and-white film, which was shot in Los Angeles and set in New York City during the 1920s.
The narrative follows a photographer who takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary. The work explores themes of news media, cinematography, and photography. It has a runtime of 74 to 76 minutes and an aspect ratio of 4:3. The film holds a review score of 8.5 out of 10 and 100 percent, with an IMDb rating of 8.0 and a TMDb average of 7.819. It is part of the National Film Registry and has been assessed using the Bechdel test.
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Film · TMDB
7.8A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
Cast
- Buster Keaton as Buster
- Marceline Day as Sally
- Harold Goodwin as Stagg
- Sidney Bracey as Editor
- Harry Gribbon as Cop
- Ray Cooke as Office Worker (uncredited)
Themes
- new york city
- love at first sight
- date
- chinatown
- street war
- beautiful woman
- secretary
- gun battle
- black and white
- monkey
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- courtship
- Director
- Buster Keaton
- Screenwriter
- Clyde Bruckman
- Cast member
- Sidney Bracey
- Composer
- Arthur Barrow
- Producer
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Elgin Lessley
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 69
- FilmAffinity ID
- 773861
- Image
- The Cameraman (Keaton) poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1929-09-06
- Commons category
- The Cameraman
- title
- The Cameraman
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- set in period
- 1920s
- review score
- 100%
- public domain date
- 2024-01-01
- copyright status
- public domain
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