The High Sign
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| The High Sign | |
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 Buster and the Blinking Buzzards give the titular "high sign" in the 1921 short. |
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| Directed by | Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Bartine Burkett Charles Dorety Al St. John |
| Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
| Editing by | Buster Keaton |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 12, 1921 |
| Running time | 21 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English (original intertitles) |
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The High Sign is a 1921 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 21 minutes. Although One Week was the first of Keaton's independent shorts to be released, The High Sign was the first one to be produced. Disappointed with the end result, Keaton shelved the film. It wasn't until a year later, when he broke his ankle and delayed the completion of The Electric House, that the film was released. The title refers to the secret signal used by the underworld gang in the film.
[edit] Plot
Buster plays a drifter who cons his way into working at an amusement park shooting gallery. Believing Buster is an expert marksman, both the murderous gang the Blinking Buzzards and the man they want to kill end up hiring him. The film ends with a wild chase through a house filled with secret passages.
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[edit] References
Keaton, Eleanor; Jeffrey Vance (2001). Buster Keaton Remembered. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. ISBN 0-8109-4227-5.
| The films of Buster Keaton |
| Full Lengths |
| Three Ages - Our Hospitality - Sherlock, Jr. - The Navigator - Seven Chances - Go West - Battling Butler - The General - College - Steamboat Bill Jr. - The Cameraman - Spite Marriage - Hollywood Cavalcade - Easy to Wed - In the Good Old Summertime - Excuse My Dust |
| Shorts |
| The Rough House - Convict 13 - One Week - The Scarecrow - Neighbors - The Haunted House - Hard Luck - The High Sign - The Goat - The Playhouse - The Boat - The Paleface - Cops - My Wife's Relations - The Blacksmith - The Frozen North - The Electric House - Daydreams - The Balloonatic - The Love Nest - The Gold Ghost - Allez Oop - One Run Elmer - Tars and Stripes - Grand Slam Opera - Blue Blazes - Mixed Magic - Love Nest on Wheels - Life in Sometown, U.S.A. - Hollywood Handicap - Streamlined Swing - The Railrodder |
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