Synopsis
The Love Nest (1923) is a silent Buster Keaton comedy short you can watch online on iFILM. Nursing a broken heart, Keaton stocks a little yacht christened Cupid and sails off to sea on his own.
The supplies run out fast, and he climbs aboard a passing whaler — the Love Nest of the title. Her captain is a petty tyrant: one sailor splashes coffee on his hand and goes straight over the side, the standard fate for anyone who irritates him. For twenty-four minutes Keaton scrambles to avoid being the next man overboard.
This is a late two-reeler that Keaton co-directed with Edward F. Cline, one of his last shorts before he moved fully into features. The famous stone face, the exact timing, the gags built on real physics — all here, all without a single spoken word. For anyone curious about where slapstick was perfected, it's a tidy little benchmark. Stream The Love Nest (1923) online on iFILM.
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