Steamboat Bill, Jr.
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Steamboat Bill, Sr.'s long lost son, Willie visits his father in this comedy about riverboat rivalry on the Mississippi. Director, Charles F. Reisner. Starring Buster Keaton.
William "Steamboat Bill" Canfield is the owner and captain of a paddle steamer that has seen better days. He eagerly awaits the arrival of his college student son, whom he has not seen since the lad was a baby. He becomes outraged when he discovers that his son and King's daughter Kitty, also visiting her father, are in love. Both business rivals are determined to break up the relationship. As Canfield Jr. makes his way through the town, a building front falls all around him.
William "Steamboat Bill" Canfield is the owner and captain of a paddle steamer that has seen better days. He eagerly awaits the arrival of his college student son, whom he has not seen since the lad was a baby. He becomes outraged when he discovers that his son and King's daughter Kitty, also visiting her father, are in love. Both business rivals are determined to break up the relationship. As Canfield Jr. makes his way through the town, a building front falls all around him.
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, A foppish student returns to his father's old Mississippi riverboat, and after many misadventures, marries the daughter of his father's rival. (Does not circulate)
, Features Buster Keaton as the returning son of a riverboat captain. Tells how the father is disappointed in the son when he comes back as a seemingly comical character and therefore attempts to "make a man" out of him while keeping him away from his rival's daughter. Shows that when the town is hit by a tornado the son proves to be a hero and his father approves of him and his choice of the girl., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
, Features Buster Keaton as the returning son of a riverboat captain. Tells how the father is disappointed in the son when he comes back as a seemingly comical character and therefore attempts to "make a man" out of him while keeping him away from his rival's daughter. Shows that when the town is hit by a tornado the son proves to be a hero and his father approves of him and his choice of the girl., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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