The silent MGM lion roars in the beginning.The comedic masterpiece begins.It stars Buster Keaton as our tragic hero.This time he's a cameraman who wants to become a newsreel photographer for MGM to win the heart of a beautiful office worker, Sally Richards (Marceline Day).The uncredited Buster Keaton directed The Cameraman (1928) with Edward Sedgwick.Keaton was one of the true geniuses of the silent era.Sadly his career started going down with the sound pictures, after this movie.But in The Cameraman you get to watch the brilliance of Keaton.It's full of incredible gags, like the one with the double decker bus.Or at the swimming pool.And the Tong war.The leading lady, Marceline Day is amazing.I fell in love with this woman the very second I saw her.Just watch her in the bathing suit...Wow! And what a talent she's got as an actress! Harry Gribbon is hilarious as Hennessey (the cop).And let's not forget the monkey.Keaton alongside other masters was very good at combining tragedy and comedy.There's a scene where there's no room for him under the rooftop so he has to travel at the back of the car getting all wet in the rain.Then he has to walk in the rain and the mixture of laughter and tears can be seen and heard in the audiences.This movie is truly memorable.Everything is just perfect.The beginning, the middle and the end.
Review of The Cameraman
