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However MGM's head of production Irving Thalberg loved the finished film and laughed during screenings of its rushes (a rare display of emotion from Thalberg). Keaton was accustomed to complete control over his own productions and was unaccustomed to interference from producers. Weingarten and Keaton fought on set and Weingarten called Keaton a child.

The film was overseen by producer Lawrence Weingarten. Keaton later said that the MGM deal was 'the worst mistake of my life.' He immediately pitched the idea for The Cameraman to MGM, who paid him $1,250 for it. Keaton brought most of his own crew with him from his own independent production company. The deal required 2 films per year from Keaton and paid him $3,000 a week, making him the third highest-paid actor at the studio. On JanuKeaton signed a two-year deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Charles Lindbergh as himself (archive footage).

Louise Keaton as the woman in the swimming pool.

Harry Keaton as the man in the swimming pool.

Vernon Dent as man in tight bathing suit.

Edward Brophy as man in the bath-house, who insists on sharing Buster's tiny changing room.

Richard Alexander as one of Buster's rivals, the 'big sea lion'.

Buster assumes a ticker-tape parade is in his honor, whereas it is really for Charles Lindbergh. She tells him he is in for a great reception. They also see footage of Buster's boat footage and the monkey's shot of Buster's rescue of Sally. The boss decides to screen it for Harold and Sally for laughs, but is thrilled by what he sees, calling it the best camerawork he has seen in years.

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The two go off, leaving the broken-hearted Buster behind.īuster decides to send his Tong footage to MGM free of charge. When Buster rushes to a drug store to get medical supplies to revive her, Harold returns and takes credit for the rescue. The monkey gets behind the camera to film the daring rescue. Buster stops filming to jump in and rescues her. Harold saves himself, but Sally is trapped by the circling boat.

When Harold makes too sharp a turn, the two are thrown into the river. Sally and Harold are speeding along in one of the boats. He then discovers that he has Tong footage after all the mischievous monkey had switched the reels. When Sally finds herself in trouble for giving Buster the tip, Buster offers to make amends by leaving MGM alone once and for all.īuster returns to his old job, but does not give up on filming, setting up to record a boat race. Returning to MGM, Buster and the newsreel company's boss are dismayed to find that he apparently forgot to load film into his camera. The cop tries to have him committed to the mental hospital, but Buster makes his escape with his camera intact. At the end, he is rescued from Tong members by the timely arrival of the police, led by a cop who had been the unintentional victim of several of Buster's antics over the last few days. In Chinatown, Buster films the outbreak of a Tong War, narrowly escaping death on several occasions. The monkey turns out only to be dazed and joins Buster on his venture. A nearby cop makes Buster pay for the monkey and take its body with him. In his rush to get there, he accidentally runs into an organ grinder, who falls and apparently kills his monkey. The next day, Sally gives him a hot tip she has just received that something big is going to happen in Chinatown. Later, Harold offers Sally a ride home Buster has to sit in the rumble seat, where he gets drenched in the rain. They go to the city plunge (pool), where Buster gets involved in numerous mishaps. Despite this setback, Sally agrees to go out with Buster, after her Sunday date cancels. He double exposes or over exposes much of the footage, and the rest is simply no good. Buster's first attempts show his total lack of experience. Sally, however, encourages Buster and suggests he film anything and everything. Harold, an MGM cameraman who has designs on Sally himself, mocks his ambition.

To be near her, he purchases an old film camera, emptying his bank account, and attempts to get a job as one of MGM's cameramen. Buster, a sidewalk tintype portrait photographer in New York City, develops a crush on Sally, a secretary who works for MGM Newsreels.