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