# Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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Cast and Crew :
| Cast ||
| Role | Actor |
| | Buster Keaton |
| | Ernest Torrence |
| | Joe Keaton |
| | Tom McGuire |
| | Marion Byron |
| Crew ||
| Distributor | United Artists, Netflix |
| Director | Charles Reisner (d. 1962) |
| Producer | Joseph M. Schenck (d. 1961) |
| Screenwriter | Carl Harbaugh (d. 1960) |
| Cinematographer | Devereux Jennings (d. 1952) |
| Editor | Sherman Kell |
| Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1962, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 61 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States. ||
JOSEPH M. SCHENKS presents Buster Keaton IN Steamboat Bill, Jr.
A UNITED ARTISTS Production
DIRECTED BY CHAS. F. REISNER
Story BY CARL HARBAUGH
Photographed by
DEV JENNINGS & BERT HAINES
Technical Director FRED GABOURIE
Asst. Director SANDY ROTH
Copyright by Jos. M. Schenck
Muddy Waters.
The new steamer, King.
J. J. King, owner.
—Tom McGuire
The old steamer, Stonewall Jackson.
The owner, William Canfield, better known as Steamboat Bill.
—Ernest Torrence
Bill's first and last mate.
—Tom Lewis
WELCOME STEAMBOAT CO. KING
STEAMBOAT KING COMPANYWELCOME Steamboat Co. KINGKING
River Junction Bank J. J. KING ———President.
Hotel King.
"This floating palace should put an end to that 'thing' Steamboat Bill is running."
"Looks like you'll have to look for a new river."
"I'll run on this river if I'm the only passager on the boat."
"Telegram from your son—it's been here four days."
24CNY 65BXZ
WILLIAM CANFIELD SR STEAMBOAT STONEWALL JACKSON RIVER JUNCTION MISS
DEAR DAD IT WAS MOTHERS WISH THAT WHEN I HAD FINISHED SCHOOL TO PAY YOU A VISIT I THINK I ARRIVE SATURDAY TEN A M YOU CANT MISTAKE ME I'LL BE WEARING A WHITE CARNATION REGARDS
WILLIAM CANFIELD JR
"It's from my Willie, I haven't seen him since he was a baby."
"Must be a bid lad by now."
"I'll bet he's bigger'n me."
FREIGHT & PASSENGER SERVICE
| FREE | BUS to the Steamboat | Stonewall Jackson |
CarnationCarnation Day
Mother's Day Carnations
King's daughter, home from school.
—Marion Byron
RIVER JUNCTION
BUS — THE KING STEAMBOAT CO. — BUS
| FREE | BUS to the Steamboat | Stonewall Jackson |
"Any of you boys looking for a father?"
W$^m$ Canfield J$^R$ Boston
"If you say what you're thinking I'll strangle you!"
Barber Shop
"Take that barnacle off his lip."
"Why, Willie Canfield—what are you doing so far from Boston?"
"My father's here."
"So is mine and you'll love him."
"Is that—Steamboat Bill, Junior?"
"Fix him up with some working clothes for the boat."
Working clothes for the boat—— with her help.
"No jury would convict you."
"If I find him in this boat again, I'll personally wring his neck."
"That's what that's for."
"If anybody else is caught on this boat . . . . my son'll handle him."
"Show him what makes the boat go."
"Keep your hands off him."
"I'm trying to teach you to run it——not 'wreck' it."
Eight Bells and all is wrong.
home. I will be waiting in the salon. If you really care for me come tonight.
× Kitty.
"I'll pick the young man for you—and it won't be the son of a river tramp."
"I'll pick the young lady for you——and it won't be a girl with a father like that."
"What do you mean throwing those—cocoanut shells on the floor?"
"Back to Boston you go."
Morning.
[…] W. E. Jones Secy. DESTINATION FROM RIVER JUNCTION TO BOSTON, MASS.
Signature
J. A. Waters
RIVER JUNCTION STEAMBOAT STONEWALL JACKSON CAPTAIN
NOTICE
THIS IS TO NOTIFY THAT THE STEAMER STONEWALL JACKSON IS UNSAGE AND HEREBY CONDEMNED UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
SIGNED Public Safety Committee
Out of Town PaperS
"Are you responsible for this?"
"Well, it ought to be condemned, the first good wind would sink it anyhow."
U. S. POST OFFICE
"This man not only threatened my life but has defied the law."
WESTERN UNION Telegraph
ENTRANCEENTRANCE
"King will see that he don't get out of here for awhile."
[…] SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. W. E. Jones
Secy.
DESTINATION FROM RIVER JUNCTION TO BOSTON, MASS. W$^m$ Canfield Jr.
Signature
J. A. Waters
VOL. XIV. No. 21
"I've brought my poor father bread."
"Throw both him and the bread out."
"Tell him I made it myself."
"I'll just wait around until he is famished."
THE PRISONER'S SONG
Oh! I wish I had some one to love me— Some one to call me their own; Oh! I wish I had some one to live with— 'Cause I'm tired of living alone.
Oh! Please meet me tonight in the moonlight— Please meet me tonight all alone, For I have a sad story to tell you— It's a story that's never been told.
I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow— Leaving my poor darling alone; With the cold prison bars all around me, And my head on a pillow of stone.
Now I have a grand ship on the ocean— All mounted with silver and gold— And before my poor darlin' would suffer, Oh! that ship would be anchored and sold.
Now if I had the wings of an angel— Over these prison walls I would fly, And I'd fly to the arms of my poor darlin' And there I'd be willing to die.
"I guess I better go."
"I've changed my mind—I want the bread."
"No—I don't think you do."
"Come, my boy—I was only foolin'."
"I know what it is—you're ashamed ot my baking."
"You talk to him, Sheriff."
"After all, the old bum is your father."
"That must of happened when the dough fell in the tool chest."
"Don't let him do that to you, Willie, bust him on the jaw."
"What—this shrimp hit me?"
"If he'd ever hit you on your jaw he'd break it."
"No, I might hurt you."
"Take him down to the receiving hospital."
HOSPITAL
VOL. XIV. No. 21
Hotel King J. J. King
"The pier is not strong enough to hold the boat against this wind."
THE KING's FISH PALACE. CIGARS TOBACCO
PUBLIC [LIBRARY]HOSPITAL
STAGE-DOOR
Stonewall Jackson.
KING
The END
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