Introduced by Directors Branch governor Patricia Cardoso on Wednesday, March 25. Special $10 Cinema Week pricing for the March 25 screening!

Selected by the Directors Branch.  

On the cusp of the sound era, Buster Keaton (uncredited as a director) plays an inept tintype photographer who has fallen hopelessly in love with a girl on the MGM lot. Keaton brings his iconic stone face and physicality to the role in his final masterpiece. The film also employs meta nods to the art—and toils—of filmmaking, showcasing Keaton’s expertise in front of and behind the camera.

Academy Museum film programming is generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.