| The Balloonatic | |
| Director: | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline |
| Producer: | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Starring: | Buster Keaton |
| Cinematography: | Elgin Lessley |
| Distributor: | First National Pictures |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The Balloonatic is a 1923 American short comedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton.[1] It was one of Keaton's final short films.[2]
A young man (Keaton) has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a gas balloon for launch. The young man assists the group by climbing atop the balloon to affix a pennant, when the balloon mistakenly takes flight with no one aboard but the young man. The young man finally downs the balloon in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of misadventures.