Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The Laugh Special of the Age. See It.
ComedyRomanceActionwindrivergirlfriendjailsteamboatblack and whitemakeoverrescue from drowningsilent filmbarbershopcarnationfather son reunion
A joyful silent-era comedy built on physical gags and slapstick, where a refined young man must prove himself to his gruff father through increasingly absurd trials, culminating in heroic action during a catastrophic storm.
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
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