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''Sherlock Jr.'' is an American silent movie produced by ''Buster Keaton Productions'', directed by [[Buster Keaton]], distributed by ''Metro Pictures Corporation'' (''Loew's Inc.''), first released on 17 april 1924 (Louisville, Kentucky, USA), starring [[Buster Keaton]] as the projectionist / Sherlock Jr. 44 minutes.<br />
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The plot of the movie is not related to any [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s stories. A projectionist who want to be a detective investigates to find who robbed the watch of his fiance's father.<br />
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== Full movie ==<br />
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== Photos ==<br />
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File:1924-sherlock-jr-title.jpg|Sherlock Jr.<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-projectionist1.jpg|''The Projectionist''<br />([[Buster Keaton]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-projectionist2.jpg|''The Projectionist''<br />([[Buster Keaton]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-projectionist-girl.jpg|''The Girl'' ([[Kathryn McGuire]]) and the ''Projectionist'' ([[Buster Keaton]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-girl.jpg|''The Girl''<br />([[Kathryn McGuire]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-girl-father.jpg|''The Girl's Father''<br />([[Joe Keaton]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-villain.jpg|''The Villain''<br />([[Ward Crane]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-butler.jpg|''The Butler''<br />([[Erwin Connelly]])<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-reverie.jpg|''The projectionist starts his dream and becomes Sherlock Jr.''<br />
File:1924-sherlock-jr-sherlock.jpg|''Sherlock Jr.''<br />([[Buster Keaton]])<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* '''Projectionist / Sherlock Jr.''' : [[Buster Keaton]]<br />
* '''The Girl''' : [[Kathryn McGuire]]<br />
* '''The Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen''' : [[Joe Keaton]]<br />
* '''The Hired Man / The Butler''' : [[Erwin Connelly]]<br />
* '''The Local Sheik / The Villain''' : [[Ward Crane]]<br />
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== Crew ==<br />
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* '''Director''' : [[Buster Keaton]]<br />
* '''Screenplay''' : Jean Havez, Joe Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman<br />
* '''Photography''' : Elgin Lessley, Byron Houck<br />
* '''Art Director''' : Fred Gabourie<br />
* '''Electrician''' : Denver Harmon<br />
* '''Producers''' : [[Buster Keaton]], Joseph M. Schenck<br />
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== Title cards ==<br />
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* There is an old proverb which says: ''Don't try to do two things at once and expect to do justice to both.''<br />
* This is the story of a boy who tried it. While employed as a moving picture operator in a small town theater he was also studying to be a detective.<br />
* "Say — Mr. Detective — before you clean up any mysteries — clean up this theater."<br />
* The girl in the case. —Kathryn McGuire<br />
* The girl's father had nothing to do so he got a hired man to help him. —Joe Keaton —Erwin Connelly<br />
* The Local Sheik. —Ward Crane<br />
* "I lost a dollar — did you find it?"<br />
* "I lost a dollar."<br />
* "Some one has stolen my watch."<br />
* '''How to be a Detective'''<br />
** Rule 1. Search Everybody<br />
** Rule 2. Look for Clue<br />
** Rule 3. Examine all windows<br />
** Rule 4. Search for fingerprints<br />
* "It looks like a job for the police."<br />
* "I'll take charge of this case and start by searching everybody."<br />
* "Hey — I'm the fellow who lost the watch."<br />
* "Why don't you search him, too?"<br />
* "I'm sorry, my boy, but we never want to see you in this house again."<br />
* '''How to be a Detective'''<br />
** Rule 5. Shadow your man closely<br />
** Rule 6. Send for police<br />
* As a detective he was all wet, so he went back to see what he could do to his other job.<br />
* "Can you describe the man who pawned this watch?"<br />
* "We are lost! He is sending for the world's greatest detective — Sherlock Jr.!"<br />
* The crime-crushing criminologist—<br />
* "Don't bother to explain — this is a simple case for me."<br />
* "Pardon, sir. I think there is something in your drink."<br />
* By the next day the master mind had completely solved the mystery — with the exception of locating the pearls and finding the thief.<br />
* His assistant — Gillette. A gem who was Ever-Ready in a bad scrape.<br />
* "That's a detective. When he's dead I'll put you in there."<br />
* "And now I'll tell you where our little sweetie is this minute!"<br />
* "And she's waiting there for me."<br />
* "Be careful or one of us will get hurt."<br />
* "I never thought you'd make it."<br />
* "Father sent me to tell you that we've made a terrible mistake——"<br />
* The End<br />
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