The Scarecrow (1920 film)

1920 film

The Scarecrow

Buster Keaton and Luke

Directed by| Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Written by| Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Produced by| Joseph M. Schenck
Starring| Buster Keaton
Sybil Seely
Joe Keaton
Joe Roberts
Cinematography| Elgin Lessley
Edited by| Buster Keaton
Distributed by| Metro Pictures

Release date

* November 7, 1920 (1920-11-07)

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Running time

| 21 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)
The Scarecrow Buster accidentally proposes to Sybil in The Scarecrow (1920).

The Scarecrow is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, and written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline.[2]

## Plot[edit]

Buster plays a farmhand who competes with his housemate (Roberts) to win the love of the farmer's daughter (Sybil Seely). Running from a dog that he believes is rabid, he races around brick walls, jumps through windows, and falls into a hay thresher that rips off most of his clothes. He is forced to borrow a scarecrow's clothes in a nearby field. He then trips into a kneeling position while tying his shoes, and Sybil believes he is proposing marriage. They speed off on a motorcycle, with Joe and the farmer (played by Buster's father, Joe) in hot pursuit. Scooping up a minister during the chase, they are married on the speeding motorcycle and splash into a stream, where they are pronounced man and wife.

## Cast[edit]

* Buster Keaton as Farmhand #1
* Edward F. Cline as Hit-and-Run Truck Driver (uncredited)
* Luke the Dog as The "Mad" Dog (uncredited)
* Joe Keaton as Farmer (uncredited)
* Joe Roberts as Farmhand #2 (uncredited)
* Sybil Seely as Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
* Al St. John as Man with Motorbike (uncredited)

## See also[edit]

* List of American films of 1920
* Buster Keaton filmography

## References[edit]

1. ^ "'Leopard Woman' Thrills American Theater Patrons". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 8, 1920. p. 7\. "The picture, which yesterday opened a week's run at the American Theatre to capacity business, is a production truly big from a production angle [...] The new Buster Keaton comedy, 'The Scarecrow,' made a real impression upon the audience. It has been aptly termed the best comedy Mr. Keaton ever made and one of the best productions of its kind ever seen on the screen." Retrieved October 30, 2022.
2. ^ Fristoe, Roger. "The Scarecrow." Turner Classic Movies. November 7, 2017.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Scarecrow (1920 film).

* The short film The Scarecrow is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
* The Scarecrow at IMDb
* The Scarecrow on YouTube
* The Scarecrow at AllMovie
* The Scarecrow at the International Buster Keaton Society

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Buster Keaton

* 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

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)
* Untitled Buster Keaton Project

Miscellaneous|

* The Buster Keaton Show (1950)
* Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton (1995)
* The High Sign/One Week (1995)
* International Buster Keaton Society

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