Sherlock, Jr

Stars Buster Keaton. Tells of a projectionist in a motion picture theatre who falls asleep, enters the plot of the movie he is showing and fulfills his secret desire to become a great detective.

A movie theater projectionist and janitor in love with a beautiful girl. The sheik steals and pawns the girl's father's pocket watch for $4. With the money, he buys a $3 box of chocolates for the girl. When the father notices his watch is missing, the sheik slips the pawn ticket into the projectionist's pocket unnoticed. The projectionist, studying to be a detective, offers to solve the crime.

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Cast
Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire

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Stars Buster Keaton. Tells of a projectionist in a motion picture theatre who falls asleep, enters the plot of the movie he is showing and fulfills his secret desire to become a great detective.

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  3. Wikidata · Q1569918 ↗ — length, color, country, copyright