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
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Directed by	Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline
Written by	Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck
Starring	Buster Keaton
Cinematography	Elgin Lessley
Distributed by	First National Pictures[1]
Release date	November 27, 1922 (1922-11-27)
Running time	19 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

The short

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

• Buster Keaton as The Young Man^[7]
• 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,^[8] Oakland,^[9] and Los Angeles.^[10][11]

See also

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

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.
4. • "Restored Silent Films with Live Music in June". Film at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center. April 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2021. 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!
   • "The Art of Buster Keaton". Family Friendly Movies. September 18, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Day Dreams (1922)". letterboxd. Retrieved November 26, 2021. Unfortunately, this Buster Keaton-shortie is missing footage
   • "Buster Keaton's DAYDREAMS (1922) in 16mm". NitrateVille. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Day Dreams (1922)". Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
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.
8. • Bengtson, John (1999). Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton. Santa Monica, CA.: Santa Monica Press. ISBN 9781891661068.
   • Verini, James (May 12, 2005). "Always willing to go on location". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Motion Pictures Which Feature Cable Cars". Cable Car guy. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • John, Steven (June 17, 2021). "Buster Keaton's Most Insane Stunts". Grunge. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Unexpected USA: Cultural hotspots". BBC Travel. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "A film lover's tour of San Francisco". The Denver Post. February 18, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Silent Footsteps – SFSFF Amazing Tales Online- Free". EatDrinkFilms.com. June 6, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • Heaton, Dan (February 8, 2015). "Buster Keaton : Daydreams". Public Transportation Snob. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • Bengtson, John (April 9, 2017). "Buster with a Bullitt – Keaton and Steve McQueen's SF Stunts". Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd film locations (and more). Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Nita Lelyveld: Silent-film gold". Los Angeles Times. May 1, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "The chase scene from 'Daydreams'". San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now. May 7, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • Pronovost, Virginie (March 9, 2020). "The High Hopes of Buster Keaton in 'Day Dreams' (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922)". The Wonderful World of Cinema. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
   • "Daydreams". tcm.com. 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.

External links

• Media related to Day Dreams at Wikimedia Commons
• The full text of Day Dreams at Wikisource
• Daydreams at IMDb
• The short film Daydreams is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• Day Dreams Archived March 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine at the International Buster Keaton Society