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Battling Butler (1926)
Battling Butler (1926) is a 77-minute comedy that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is in the U.S. public domain.
About Battling Butler (1926)
Battling Butler is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It is based on the 1922 musical Battling Buttler.
Alfred Butler is a scion of a wealthy family, but an embarrassment to his father as Alfred is a slight, gentle young man, accustomed to ease and luxury. His father suggests a hunting and fishing trip to toughen him up. Alfred goes on the trip, accompanied by his chauffeur / personal valet. During the excursion, he falls in love at first sight with a low-class mountain girl who lives with her family in a shack.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Battling Butler (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
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- Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV
Rights & source
- Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
- Evidence: First published 1926 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
- Music: Silent film: audio removed from this copy (any added score may be modern); a CC0 (Musopen) piano bed is played instead.
- Source: Internet Archive
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