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The Saphead

Play trailer The Saphead 1920,  1h 18m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 48% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 48% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
The scatterbrained son of a Wall Street tycoon goes to the stock exchange and saves his father from bankruptcy.

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Ruth Boyle New York Daily News Sep 13, 2021
Buster Keaton, wandering in bewildered fashion through this complicated world as the sappiest of sapheads, makes the new film at the Capitol a pleasant diversion. Go to Full Review
Tom Milne Time Out Jun 24, 2006
Buster Keaton's first feature, though charming and lightly amusing, is something of a disappointment Go to Full Review
NYT Staff New York Times Mar 25, 2006
As a photoplay, pretending to tell a logical story, it is simply not worth considering.But the writer thoroughly enjoyed Buster Keaton's Bertie. He did not give the character human identity, but he was a most entertaining clown. Go to Full Review
Harriette Underhill New York Tribune Nov 6, 2019
Saphead is much too mild an epithet. William H. Crane is co-starred with Buster Keaton, but both will undoubtedly be able to live it down. Go to Full Review
Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Aug 6, 2019
2.5/4
It's a handsome production, but Keaton is clearly at the mercy of someone else's whims. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jul 23, 2012
The Saphead is more historically important than it is aesthetically or artistically important. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Herbert Blaché

Director

William H. Crane

Nicholas Van Alstyne

Buster Keaton

Bertie Van Alstyne

Carol Holloway

Rose Turner

Edward Connelly

Musgrave

Irving Cummings

Mark Turner

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The Saphead

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Movie Info

Synopsis The scatterbrained son of a Wall Street tycoon goes to the stock exchange and saves his father from bankruptcy.
Director
Herbert Blaché
Producer
John Golden, Marcus Loew, Winchell Smith
Screenwriter
Bronson Howard, Victor Mapes, June Mathis, Winchell Smith
Distributor
Grapevine Video, Kino Video, Image Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Metro Pictures Corporation
Genre
Comedy
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 18, 1920, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 3, 2016
Runtime
1h 18m
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