![]() All his films deserve the best restorations possible. Buster Keaton was simply the funniest performer who ever appeared in the movies, bar none. The micro-blogging site Twitter was flooded with memes and jokes as kissing in the stadium is not something which is common in India. This is the print to obtain to fully enjoy the movie, and this is the print that should be widely available for sale, so the public can rediscover this gem. Recently during the match between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals, a couple was seen kissing each other in the stadium and as cameraman made no delay in capturing them, the incident became a meme material. Do not buy it instead wait till the much better print is shown again on Turner Classic Movies. The current print available on the MGM video VHS release of The Cameraman available on is absolutely awful: over-exposed, with multi-thousands of defects. Best scenes in The Cameraman are the public pool scenes, where Buster tangles with a mafia type in his dressing room, then loses his bathing trunks while swimming the Tong War scenes with Josephine the monkey (so adorable!) and the regatta scenes, where Luke (Buster) saves Sally, only to have her affection stolen from him by an unworthy competitor. not a new score, please! I don't know who composed the original music for this film it is not listed in the IMD credits anywhere, but whoever the composer was, they should be recognized and honored. This sweet and touching classic silent movie deserves a first class restoration by Kino, with a further restoration of the original piano score that is so lovely. She treats him with respect and encourages his ambitions. She had lots of chemistry going with Buster here, because her character was not shallow towards the little cameraman, who has obviously fallen head over heels in love with her. Most of the female leads in Keaton's films were basically props, with not much substance, but Marceline's performance as Sally is outstanding. Buster Keaton and his leading lady Marceline Day shine in this deliciously romantic comedy from 1928, about a tintype cameraman who longs to become a successful newsreel photographer for MGM.
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