Day Dreams (1922 film)

Day Dreams (also billed as Daydreams) is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and featuring Buster Keaton.[3] It is most famous for a scene where Keaton finds himself on the inside of a riverboat paddle wheel. It is a partially lost film[4] and available from public domain sources.[5]

Day Dreams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBuster Keaton
Edward F. Cline
Written byBuster Keaton
Edward F. Cline
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
StarringBuster Keaton
CinematographyElgin Lessley
Distributed byFirst National Pictures[1]
Release date
  • November 1922 (1922-11)
Running time
19 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

Buster wants to marry a girl, but her father disapproves. Therefore Keaton vows he will go the city and get a job, or commit suicide. He takes several jobs (janitor, employee in an animal hospital, street cleaner, extra in a theatrical play,...) which all disastrously go wrong. In the final scenes he gets stuck inside a riverboat paddle wheel, where he has to run to get out of it. In the end he returns to his girlfriend's father, but since he failed in every way he is given a gun to shoot himself. Buster however manages to miss himself and is therefore kicked out the window by the girl's father.[6]

Cast

Production

Filmed, in part, in San Francisco,[8] Oakland,[9] and Los Angeles.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. ""Day Dreams" (1922)". silent-hall-of-fame.org.
  2. "Daydreams". archive.org. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  3. "Progressive Silent Film List: Daydreams". Silent Era. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
  5. The short film Daydreams is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
  6. "The Art of Buster Keaton on DVD Curated Collection". Library Media Project. MacArthur Foundation.
  7. "Buster Keaton as Hamlet in the short film Daydreams". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  9. "DAYDREAMS". filminamerica.com. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  10. Malone, Tyler (April 29, 2021). "The L.A. Alley That's a Subtle Silent-Film Landmark". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  11. Nolan, Tom (March 12, 2000). "In the Footsteps of Buster Keaton / Tracking down the actor's film locations is a fascinating feat of detective work". SFGATE. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
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