Daydreams

Synopsis
Feature short. A young man (Keaton) seeks to prove to his sweetheart’s father that he financially sound. He writes letters from the city about the various jobs he has secured. His sweetheart imagines that he is more successful than he is and when he writes that he has a job in the theatre she imagines that he is playing Hamlet - Keaton is dressed in a black doublet and hose and carries a skull. He bows before an applauding audience.
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Silent
Year of release
1922
Duration
19 mins

Credits

Director
Buster Keaton; Edward F. Cline
Producer
Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematographer
Elgin Lessley
Screenplay
Buster Keaton; Edward F. Cline
Cast
Buster KeatonThe Young man (Hamlet)
Edward F. ClineTheatre director
Joe KeatonThe Girl’s father (uncredited)
Renee AdoreeThe Girl

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The copies held by UCLA and the Library of Congress are the restored version.
General
All existing prints are believed to be incomplete.
History
David Shepard’s 1995 restoration assembled by combining domestic and foreign versions, as well as using materials from the Czech film archive, with new titles by Lukas Havorka and Jeffrey Vance, and with a music track by Robert Israel at the Fotoplayer is available on videodisc. Available from amazon.com in the compilation THE ART OF BUSTER KEATON. VOL.3

Production Company

Name

First National

Address
USA

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email
arsc@ucla.edu
Web
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Phone
(310) 206 5388
Fax
(310) 206 5392
Address
Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web
http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Daydreams". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68558 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)