The Paleface

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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.

Directors
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Writers
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Directors
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Writers
- Edward F. Cline
- Buster Keaton
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The film was restored in 2015 through Lobster Films, a process partially funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

Goofs
In 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 versions
The 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.

Connections
Featured in Fractured Flickers: Rod Serling (1963)

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Featured review

6/10

Keaton short foray into West, Just OK.

An Indian tribe is being forced off their land by an oil drilling company. Hearing this, the Indian chief swears revenge, ordering death to the first white man who passes onto their land. It wouldn't be much of a short, if Buster wasn't the one who passed through. After surviving a burning at the stake (thanks to a handy sheet of asbestos), the tribe takes in Buster as one of their own, and through accidental luck, the land is recovered. Not really as funny as some of Buster's other shorts, but there are some nice sight gags and a very dangerous stunt (Buster falling some 60 feet off a cliff, actually filmed in two parts.) Rating, based on shorts- 6.