Covering some of the same ground as Harold Lloyd's earlier The Freshman, but with a thinner story, Buster Keaton's College sees his scholarly freshman try his hand at athletics to impress a girl. The premise is rife for slapstick, which requires a very athletic performer to act like he's physically useless, though I must say our boy is quite toned for a bookish nerd. The decathlon and baseball sequences are overlong, but earn their place in the climax where everything pays off, though it's still the rowing sequence that is the most clever. One sequence that DOESN'T earn its place is a mercifully short, pointless bit of black face (groan!) that would have worked almost exactly the same had it been done without this blight on early cinema. That said, the interstitial cards are actually pretty funny throughout College, and it's a fine thing when a slapstick silent comedy can make you chuckle with its script as much as its physical gags.
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Camille Deadpan
Buster Keaton was so handsome.rehimmel
Amazon Prime - Though had to scroll through Buster Keaton to find it (or use IMDB link)nbats
https://youtu.be/Th-sUEcBdSkFlip Trotsky
If you want to know where to get started with Buster Keaton... it sure ain't here. Might be his worst '20s feature.jlfitz
Once again, Keaton proves he is the BEST!!SanderO
http://www.archive.org/details/collegeSiskoid
Covering some of the same ground as Harold Lloyd's earlier The Freshman, but with a thinner story, Buster Keaton's College sees his scholarly freshman try his hand at athletics to impress a girl. The premise is rife for slapstick, which requires a very athletic performer to act like he's physically useless, though I must say our boy is quite toned for a bookish nerd. The decathlon and baseball sequences are overlong, but earn their place in the climax where everything pays off, though it's still the rowing sequence that is the most clever. One sequence that DOESN'T earn its place is a mercifully short, pointless bit of black face (groan!) that would have worked almost exactly the same had it been done without this blight on early cinema. That said, the interstitial cards are actually pretty funny throughout College, and it's a fine thing when a slapstick silent comedy can make you chuckle with its script as much as its physical gags.mightysparks
I would like to buy this film, not Saved by the Bell - The College Years!