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While working as the assistant of small-town blacksmith Joe Roberts, [[Buster Keaton]] wreaks havoc and woos Virginia Fox. |
While working as the assistant of small-town blacksmith Joe Roberts, [[Buster Keaton]] wreaks havoc and woos Virginia Fox. |
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''[[The Blacksmith]]'' can be watched at [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8139102461760449395 |
''[[The Blacksmith]]'' can be watched at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081358/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8139102461760449395 Google Video.] |
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While working as the assistant of small-town blacksmith Joe Roberts, Buster Keaton wreaks havoc and woos Virginia Fox.
The Blacksmith can be watched at Google Video.
Tropes used in The Blacksmith (film) include:
- Affectionate Parody: Each Longfellow quote (see Epigraph, below) is followed by shots that contradict or satirize the poem.
- Agony of the Feet
- Amplified Animal Aptitude: The horse shopping for shoes.
- All Girls Like Ponies
- Amusing Injuries
- The Blacksmith
- Covered in Gunge: Buster and the horse.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Shoeing a horse looks remarkably like selling lady's footwear.
- Double Take
- Epigraph: "The Village Blacksmith," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Literal Ass-Kicking
- No Peripheral Vision: It takes a long time for anyone to spot the giant magnet over the smithy's doors.
- Selective Magnetism
- The Sheriff: A blustery but well meaning example.
- Slapstick
- Slobs Versus Snobs: Buster and the equestrienne, especially when he's Covered in Gunge.
- Stout Strength
- Tap on the Head
- Two-Faced: One side of a white horse is splashed and smeared with grease.