This was Buster's favourite short; the big final gag got, he said, the biggest laughs of his whole career.
Having tried to kill himself many times, in many ways, and failed ignominiously, Buster finds himself rescuing a girl. A reason to live! He asks, 'is there anything now that can stop us being married?' 'No, apart from my husband'.
So Buster throws himself off the highest diving board and then - nothing...
For 80 years and more, the big final audience-wowing gag has been lost, leaving Buster diving off a board and nothing else.
But the most recent versions of Kino's superb 'The Art of Buster Keaton' have the original ending RESTORED! I shan't spoil it, but yes, it is great.
Having tried to kill himself many times, in many ways, and failed ignominiously, Buster finds himself rescuing a girl. A reason to live! He asks, 'is there anything now that can stop us being married?' 'No, apart from my husband'.
So Buster throws himself off the highest diving board and then - nothing...
For 80 years and more, the big final audience-wowing gag has been lost, leaving Buster diving off a board and nothing else.
But the most recent versions of Kino's superb 'The Art of Buster Keaton' have the original ending RESTORED! I shan't spoil it, but yes, it is great.