Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Steamboat Bill, Jr.)
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Charles ReisnerCast list: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron
Country: USA
Year: 1928
Genres: Action / Silent / Comedy-drama /
Runtime: 71 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Silent film with English texts and Catalan subtitles
Piano accompaniment and presentation by Florenci Salesas, renowned specialist in musica and silent cinema.
It is the story of a college-educated young man who comes home to help his father work on his Mississippi River steamboat and immediately demonstrates just what a landlubber he is. What's worse, the woman he falls for is the daughter of his father's worst rival, a bullying rich guy who wants to drive Buster's boat out of business.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Natural Science / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / Performing arts, Music and Dance / History /
Topics: means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
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