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The Saphead is a american film of genre Drama directed by Herbert Blaché released in USA on 1 september 1920 with Buster Keaton

The Saphead (1920)

The Saphead
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Released in USA 1 september 1920
Length 1h17
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating60% 3.0469353.0469353.0469353.0469353.046935

The Saphead is a 1920 American comedy film featuring Buster Keaton. It was the actor's first starring role, on the recommendation of Douglas Fairbanks, in a full-length feature and the film that launched his career.

The plot was a merging of two stories, Bronson Howard's play The Henrietta and the novel The New Henrietta by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith, which was meant to be an adaption of Howard's play.

Synopsis

Nicholas Van Alstyne is the richest man in New York, but he is very disappointed in the behavior of his son, Bertie, who stays out all night gambling and partying, and who seems to show no talent or interest in work. In fact, Bertie is feigning this behavior because he believes it will help to impress the girl of his dreams, his adopted sister Agnes. Unfortunately, it helps him to do nothing more than get disowned by his father.

Actors

Buster Keaton

(Bertie Van Alstyne)Edward Connelly

(Mr. Musgrave)Carol Holloway

(Rose Turner)William H. Crane

(Nicholas Van Alstyne)Irving Cummings

(Mark Turner)
And :
Katherine Albert
Jack Livingston
Edward F. Cline
Alfred Hollingsworth
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