Alfred Butler (Keaton), a spoiled and pampered millionaire, takes his loyal valet, Snitz Edwards, on a camping trip. Alfred is smitten with a beautiful mountain girl named Sally O'Neil, but her family disapproves of his weakling ways.
In a desperate attempt to impress Sally, Snitz lies and tells her that Alfred is actually "Battling" Butler, a famous boxer. This sets off a chain reaction of hilarious chaos.
Alfred, clueless about the lie, gets entangled in a boxing match against the real Battling Butler, leading to a series of slapstick mishaps and acrobatic stunts.
Through it all, Alfred tries to win Sally's heart while avoiding the wrath of the real boxer and navigating the confusion caused by his mistaken identity.
It was directed by Keaton himself, along with Edward F. Cline.
The screenplay was written by Joseph Farnum and Carl Roberts.
The film was shot on location in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
It was released on September 19, 1926.
I just read an article this week about a man who works as a butler today; somehow I'd associated this job as being like that of a governess in a Bronte novel, something of the past, but that's not the case.
ReplyDeleteBuried in Print- I think maybe Bronte and Austin novels focus on upper class rural
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