Sherlock Jr. plot segmentation
Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924, 44m)
Plot Segmentation I. Opening Title Cards
A. Joseph M. Schenck presents Buster Keaton in “Projectionist”, A Metro Attraction
B. Directed by Buster Keaton
C. Story by Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell and Clyde Bruckman, Photography by Elgin Lessley and Byron Houck, Art Director, Fred Gabourie, Electrician, Denver Harmon
D. Distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation, Controlled by Loew’s Incorporated
E. Passed by the National Board of Review II. Act One
A. Exposition 1. There is an old proverb which says: Don’t try to do two things at once and expect to do justice to both. This is the story of a boy who tried it. While employed as a moving picture operator in a small town theater he was also studying to be a detective. Dissolve to:
B. Projectionist sitting in theater alone reading book entitled “How to be a Detective”. 1. Projectionist licks thumb and places it on the book. He then examines the print with a magnifying glass. Man walks in to find a mess on the floor, “Say –Mr. Detective– before you clean up any mysteries—clean up this theater.” Sherlock Jr. carelessly cleans it up. 2. “The girl in the case. –Kathryn McGuire”. Short scene of a girl feeding a dog. The girl’s father had nothing to do so he got a hired man to help him.” –Joe Keaton – Erwin Connelly. Short scene of father and hired man. 3. Projectionist continues to clean. He wanders over to a shop window and gazes inside. He sees something he wants for $3 but only has $2. He asks the clerk if she will sell it for $2. She says no and he returns to work. He battles with a piece of sticky trash and ends up placing it to stick to another man’s shoe. This man is introduced as “The local sheik.” –Ward Crane 4. Another man gazes into store window at the same $3 item, but has no money. After tipping his hat at the clerk, he departs. 5. Back to Projectionist cleaning. He finds a dollar in the trash pile,
Plot Segmentation I. Opening Title Cards
A. Joseph M. Schenck presents Buster Keaton in “Projectionist”, A Metro Attraction
B. Directed by Buster Keaton
C. Story by Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell and Clyde Bruckman, Photography by Elgin Lessley and Byron Houck, Art Director, Fred Gabourie, Electrician, Denver Harmon
D. Distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation, Controlled by Loew’s Incorporated
E. Passed by the National Board of Review II. Act One
A. Exposition 1. There is an old proverb which says: Don’t try to do two things at once and expect to do justice to both. This is the story of a boy who tried it. While employed as a moving picture operator in a small town theater he was also studying to be a detective. Dissolve to:
B. Projectionist sitting in theater alone reading book entitled “How to be a Detective”. 1. Projectionist licks thumb and places it on the book. He then examines the print with a magnifying glass. Man walks in to find a mess on the floor, “Say –Mr. Detective– before you clean up any mysteries—clean up this theater.” Sherlock Jr. carelessly cleans it up. 2. “The girl in the case. –Kathryn McGuire”. Short scene of a girl feeding a dog. The girl’s father had nothing to do so he got a hired man to help him.” –Joe Keaton – Erwin Connelly. Short scene of father and hired man. 3. Projectionist continues to clean. He wanders over to a shop window and gazes inside. He sees something he wants for $3 but only has $2. He asks the clerk if she will sell it for $2. She says no and he returns to work. He battles with a piece of sticky trash and ends up placing it to stick to another man’s shoe. This man is introduced as “The local sheik.” –Ward Crane 4. Another man gazes into store window at the same $3 item, but has no money. After tipping his hat at the clerk, he departs. 5. Back to Projectionist cleaning. He finds a dollar in the trash pile,