Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) - (Movie Clip) Hat Shop
Arrived in River Junction, his father (Ernest Torrence), alarmed at his appearance and tastes, brings the title character (director and star Buster Keaton) to the hat shop, a famous routine certainly not the mere slapstick Keaton greatly disliked from Steamboat Bill, Jr., 1928.
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Meeting the son he hasnt seen in many years, Bill (Ernest Torrence), with first-mate Tom (Lewis), is looking for a guy with a white carnation, not expecting the dandified college man William Jr. (Buster Keaton), the first appearance by the director and star, in Steamboat Bill, Jr., 1928.