Metro Pictures Corp., 1924. Directed by
Buster Keaton. Camera: Byron Houck. With
Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane, Joseph Keaton, Kewpie
Morgan, Jane Connelly, Erwin Connelly, Ford West, George Davis, John
Patrick, Ruth Holly.
Sherlock, Jr., who is both the cleanup man and the
projectionist at a local cinema, becomes an amateur detective
through a correspondence course and foils the villain who has stolen
his sweetheart and her watch.
He dreams of success on the screen and awakens
to triumph in his romance.