Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Director: Charles F. Riesner
Year Released: 1928
Rating: 3.0

Neat little silent from Buster Keaton has him playing a dainty student who goes to live with his father, a rough, dirty steamboat captain, and falls for the daughter of one of his Dad's competitors. The direction and performances are dead-on, though the middle seems to sag. The ending is what you'd expect from Keaton, and includes some fantastic effects (for 1928) as buildings get destroyed, picked up and relocated elsewhere.