Day Dreams (1922 film) explained

Day Dreams
Director:	Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline
Producer:	Joseph M. Schenck
Starring:	Buster Keaton
Cinematography:	Elgin Lessley
Distributor:	First National Pictures^[1]
Runtime:	19 minutes^[2]
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

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.

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.^[5]

Cast

• Buster Keaton as The Young Man^[6]
• Renée Adorée as The Girl
• Edward F. Cline as The Theater Director (uncredited)
• Joe Keaton as The Girl's Father (uncredited)
• Joe Roberts as The Mayor (uncredited)

Production

Filmed, in part, in San Francisco,^[7] Oakland,^[8] and Los Angeles.^{[9] [10]}

See also

• Buster Keaton filmography
• Day Dreams - Three Movie Buffs Review

External links

• • • • • Day Dreams at the International Buster Keaton Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Day Dreams" (1922) . silent-hall-of-fame.org.
2. Web site: Daydreams . December 20, 2010. archive.org.
3. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Daydreams . February 26, 2008. Silent Era.
4. • Web site: Restored Silent Films with Live Music in June . Film at Lincoln Center . . November 26, 2021 . en . April 26, 2016 . Daydreams, the classic Buster Keaton short restored from materials found in the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, and had survived only in mediocre copies until now!.
   • Web site: The Art of Buster Keaton . Family Friendly Movies . November 26, 2021 . September 18, 2016.
   • Web site: Day Dreams (1922) . letterboxd . November 26, 2021 . en . Unfortunately, this Buster Keaton-shortie is missing footage.
   • Web site: Buster Keaton's DAYDREAMS (1922) in 16mm . NitrateVille . November 26, 2021.
   • Web site: Day Dreams (1922) . Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List . November 26, 2021.
5. Web site: The Art of Buster Keaton on DVD Curated Collection . Library Media Project . MacArthur Foundation.
6. Web site: Buster Keaton as Hamlet in the short film Daydreams . NYPL Digital Collections . November 26, 2021 . en.
7. • Book: Bengtson . John . Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton . 1999 . Santa Monica Press . Santa Monica, CA. . 9781891661068.
   • News: Verini . James . James Verini . Always willing to go on location . November 26, 2021 . Los Angeles Times . May 12, 2005.
   • Web site: Motion Pictures Which Feature Cable Cars . Cable Car guy . November 26, 2021.
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   • Web site: Unexpected USA: Cultural hotspots . BBC Travel . November 26, 2021 . en.
   • News: A film lover’s tour of San Francisco . November 26, 2021 . The Denver Post . February 18, 2014.
   • Web site: Silent Footsteps – SFSFF Amazing Tales Online- Free . EatDrinkFilms.com . November 26, 2021 . en . June 6, 2021.
   • Web site: Heaton . Dan . Buster Keaton : Daydreams . Public Transportation Snob . November 26, 2021 . en . February 8, 2015.
   • Web site: Bengtson . John . Buster with a Bullitt – Keaton and Steve McQueen’s SF Stunts . Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more) . November 26, 2021 . en . April 9, 2017.
   • News: Nita Lelyveld: Silent-film gold . November 26, 2021 . Los Angeles Times . May 1, 2021.
   • Web site: The chase scene from ‘Daydreams’ . San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now . November 26, 2021 . en . May 7, 2017.
   • Web site: Pronovost . Virginie . The High Hopes of Buster Keaton in ‘Day Dreams’ (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922) . The Wonderful World of Cinema . November 26, 2021 . en . March 9, 2020.
   • Web site: Daydreams . tcm.com . November 26, 2021 . en.
8. Web site: DAYDREAMS . filminamerica.com . November 26, 2021.
9. Web site: Malone . Tyler . The L.A. Alley That's a Subtle Silent-Film Landmark . Atlas Obscura . November 26, 2021 . en . April 29, 2021.
10. News: Nolan . Tom . In the Footsteps of Buster Keaton / Tracking down the actor's film locations is a fascinating feat of detective work . November 26, 2021 . SFGATE . March 12, 2000.