Tars and Stripes

1935 film

Tars and Stripes

Directed by| Buster Keaton
Charles Lamont
Produced by| E.H. Allen
E. W. Hammons
Starring| Buster Keaton
Cinematography| Dwight Warren

Production
company

Educational Pictures

Distributed by| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

* May 3, 1935 (1935-05-03)

Running time

| 20 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Tars and Stripes is a 1935 American Educational Pictures short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton.[1] The film was shot at Naval Training Center San Diego, California.

## Plot

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At a Navy training station, Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle is constantly mocked and berated due to his constant clumsiness and lack of common sense. He is frequently given mundane tasks to complete in order to keep him away from the other apprentices with actual potential but Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack vows to make a sailor out of him if it kills him. After failing to teaching how to tie knots or march properly, Mack becomes angered after he believes he witnesses Elmer flirting with his girlfriend when in actuality he was just helping fix her broken shoe. Elmer eventually reaches the rank of seaman but Mack's girlfriend eventually does develop feelings for Elmer and this enrages Mack who banishes Elmer to the brig and tells him he will stay there. Elmer dismays but soon perks up after realizing Mack's girlfriend has snuck into the brig as well.

## Cast

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* Buster Keaton as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
* Vernon Dent as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
* Dorothea Kent as Mack's Girlfriend

## See also

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* Buster Keaton filmography

## References

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1. ^ "Keaton's Films". busterkeaton.com. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

## External links

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* Tars and Stripes at IMDb
* Tars and Stripes at the International Buster Keaton Society

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Filmography

Shorts (1917–1923)|

* The Rough House
* One Week
* Convict 13
* The Scarecrow
* Neighbors
* The Haunted House
* Hard Luck
* The High Sign
* The Goat
* The Playhouse
* The Boat
* The Paleface
* Cops
* My Wife's Relations
* The Blacksmith
* The Frozen North
* The Electric House
* Day Dreams
* The Balloonatic
* The Love Nest

Feature films|

* Three Ages
* Our Hospitality
* Sherlock Jr.
* The Navigator
* Seven Chances
* Go West
* Battling Butler
* The General
* College
* Steamboat Bill, Jr.
* The Cameraman
* Spite Marriage

Shorts (1934–1937)
(for Educational Pictures)|

* The Gold Ghost
* Allez Oop
* Tars and Stripes
* Grand Slam Opera
* Blue Blazes
* Mixed Magic
* Love Nest on Wheels

Television|

* The Buster Keaton Show (1950)

Works about|

* The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
* Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
* Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
* The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
* Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life (2022)

Related|

* Natalie Talmadge (first wife)
* Eleanor Keaton (third wife)
* Myra Keaton (mother)
* Joe Keaton (father)
* Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton (1995)
* The High Sign/One Week (1995)
* International Buster Keaton Society

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