The Navigator
NR, 69 min. Directed by Buster Keaton. Starring Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp, Kathryn Mcguire.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., Sept. 7, 2000
This Buster Keaton silent feature is also part of the Alamo’s excellent Movies & Music series. The movie will have a live musical accompaniment by Shorty Long, a ukulele-based novelty jazz act. The film presents Keaton as an inexpert seaman adrift on a boat with the woman he loves. As he tries to steer them to safety, the two encounter a tribe of hungry cannibals. The cult short, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish also screens and stars Fairbanks Sr. as Coke Ennyday, a coke-snorting detective who is tracking down an opium ring. Made before Hollywood adopted any morality codes, this humorous film is an all-out hoot.
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Marjorie Baumgarten, Feb. 15, 2001
The Navigator, Buster Keaton, Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp, Kathryn Mcguire
