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Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
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Virginia Fox
- Indian Maiden
- (uncredited)
Joe Roberts
- The Indian Chief
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film was restored in 2015 through Lobster Films, a process partially funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
- GoofsIn the external scene of the cabin, smoke is coming from the chimney. In the interior scene, there is no fire in the fireplace.
- Quotes
Title Card: A rival tribe of savages who went broke playing strip poker.
- Alternate versionsThe version shown on the American Movie Classics channel was copyrighted in 1968 by Leopold Friedman and Raymond Rohauer. It had an uncredited music soundtrack and ran 21 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fractured Flickers: Rod Serling (1963)
Featured review
Mr. Keaton Brings Home The Wampum
A BUSTER KEATON Silent Short.
Cheated of their land grant by unscrupulous white men, the members of an Indian tribe vow to murder THE PALEFACE who next enters their village - and here comes butterfly collecting Buster...
Keaton delivers more elaborate chase sequences in this slightly racist, but still very funny, little film. Once again, some of Buster's stunts make the viewer wonder what kept him from busting his neck. Big Joe Roberts plays the beefy Indian Chief.
Born into a family of Vaudevillian acrobats, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) mastered physical comedy at a very early age. An association with Fatty Arbuckle led to a series of highly imaginative short subjects and classic, silent feature-length films - all from 1920 to 1928. Writer, director, star & stuntman - Buster could do it all and his intuitive genius gave him almost miraculous knowledge as to the intricacies of film making and of what it took to please an audience. More akin to Fairbanks than Chaplin, Buster's films were full of splendid adventure, exciting derring-do and the most dangerous physical stunts imaginable. His theme of a little man against the world, who triumphs through bravery & ingenuity, dominates his films. Through every calamity & disaster, Buster remained the Great Stone Face, a stoic survivor in a universe gone mad.
In the late 1920's Buster was betrayed by his manager/brother-in-law and his contract was sold to MGM, which proceeded to nearly destroy his career. Teamed initially with Jimmy Durante and eventually allowed small roles in mediocre comedies, Buster was for 35 years consistently given work far beneath his talent. Finally, before lung cancer took him at age 70, he had the satisfaction of knowing that his classic films were being rediscovered. Now, well past his centenary, Buster Keaton is routinely recognized & appreciated as one of cinema's true authentic geniuses. And he knew how to make people laugh...
Cheated of their land grant by unscrupulous white men, the members of an Indian tribe vow to murder THE PALEFACE who next enters their village - and here comes butterfly collecting Buster...
Keaton delivers more elaborate chase sequences in this slightly racist, but still very funny, little film. Once again, some of Buster's stunts make the viewer wonder what kept him from busting his neck. Big Joe Roberts plays the beefy Indian Chief.
Born into a family of Vaudevillian acrobats, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) mastered physical comedy at a very early age. An association with Fatty Arbuckle led to a series of highly imaginative short subjects and classic, silent feature-length films - all from 1920 to 1928. Writer, director, star & stuntman - Buster could do it all and his intuitive genius gave him almost miraculous knowledge as to the intricacies of film making and of what it took to please an audience. More akin to Fairbanks than Chaplin, Buster's films were full of splendid adventure, exciting derring-do and the most dangerous physical stunts imaginable. His theme of a little man against the world, who triumphs through bravery & ingenuity, dominates his films. Through every calamity & disaster, Buster remained the Great Stone Face, a stoic survivor in a universe gone mad.
In the late 1920's Buster was betrayed by his manager/brother-in-law and his contract was sold to MGM, which proceeded to nearly destroy his career. Teamed initially with Jimmy Durante and eventually allowed small roles in mediocre comedies, Buster was for 35 years consistently given work far beneath his talent. Finally, before lung cancer took him at age 70, he had the satisfaction of knowing that his classic films were being rediscovered. Now, well past his centenary, Buster Keaton is routinely recognized & appreciated as one of cinema's true authentic geniuses. And he knew how to make people laugh...
- Ron Oliver
- Aug 26, 2002
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- Runtime20 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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