Synopsis
Battling Butler (1926) is a Buster Keaton silent comedy you can watch online on iFILM. A pampered millionaire named Alfred Butler poses as a prizefighter to win the girl he loves.
Alfred's father packs the soft young heir off to rough it in the wilderness and grow a spine. Out there he falls for a mountain girl, but her family wants a sturdier suitor. His valet spots a way out: a touring boxer happens to share the Butler name, so Alfred quietly borrows the champ's reputation. The fib swells until the impostor has no choice but to climb into the ring himself. Keaton both directed the picture and took the lead.
Battling Butler stood among Keaton's biggest commercial hits of the silent years, even if it rarely tops the lists today. Fewer death-defying stunts than The General, but the deadpan stare and his clockwork sense of timing are right there. An easy, good-natured way into one of cinema's great silent clowns. Stream Battling Butler (1926) online on iFILM.
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