Widely regarded as one of the most visually inventive (and genuinely funny) films of the silent era, Buster Keaton’s SHERLOCK JR. is a valentine to the magic of cinema. A kindly movie projectionist (Buster Keaton) longs to be a detective. When his fiancée (Kathryn McGuire) is robbed by a local thief (Ward Crane), the poor projectionist is framed for the crime. Using his amateur detective skills, the projectionist follows the thief to the train station — only to find himself locked in a train car. Disheartened, he returns to his movie theater, where he falls asleep and dreams that he is the great Sherlock Holmes. Punctuated with breathtaking stunts (performed by Keaton himself) and hilarious sight gags, SHERLOCK JR. shows why Buster Keaton was the King of [Silent] Comedy.