The Scribe

1966

Comedy

2
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 206 206

safety industrial

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Plot summary

Comedy short produced by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario, Canada. It demonstrates the dos and don'ts of construction site safety. The film is the last professionally filmed footage of film legend Buster Keaton, shot months before his death from lung cancer on February 1, 1966. He recreates several routines from his youth, as well as some new material for the film. Most notable was his recreation of a gag from his 1918 film The Bell Boy in which he mops the floor using only the tip of the mop, little by little while sitting on the floor.

Director

John Sebert Photo
John Sebert

Top cast

Jack Creley Photo
Jack Creley as Newspaper Editor
Buster Keaton Photo
Buster Keaton as The Reporter
Cec Linder Photo
Cec Linder as O'Malley
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271.41 MB
1280*958
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 29 min
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503.52 MB
1444*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 29 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 7 / 10

It's an industrial training film about safety...how can you possibly rate that?!

It's is very hard to score "The Scribe", as it's an industrial training film...not just a short film. However, they were able to secure Buster Keaton to star in it and although the comic would be dead within the year, here he seems pretty vigorous.The film has a narrator give a spiel about various safety procedures and then Buster demonstrates it to the men working at a construction site. It's not especially funny in and of itself, but for a safety video to be watched by the workers, it does its job and is moderately enjoyable.If you wish to see it, the film is currently posted on YouTube.
Reviewed by lzf0

The end for Buster

This is Buster Keaton's final film. It is an industrial film for Ontario's Construction Safety Commission. In this silent film, Buster gets to do some of his old routines originated in his classic silent films. It's Buster all the way, since he is the only real player in the film. It isn't as slapsticky as one might think, for at his advanced age, Buster is a bit limited. But it is a charming 3 reeler and it is one of the last glimpses of the genius of Buster Keaton.
Reviewed by arfdawg-1 6 / 10

This is NOT Buster's Final Film

Buster's final movie was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, not this one, as one reviewer erroneously stated.Plot: Amateur journalist Buster covers a story about construction site safety regulations and gets first-hand experience in the process.Is it good? If you're not a Keaton fan (I am) you'll likely not think so. It's an industrial movie so by design it's less funny and more instructional. The idea was to get the safety concept down using some physical and other humor.As such, the movie needs to be judged differently. It appears to be filmed at a real high-rise construction site. Buster wanders around experiencing non-safe things and silently telling others to be careful.Following this short, Buster made A Funny Thing and by all accounts his health had deteriorated where he had to take many breaks because he could barely breathe. None of that is present in this movie. He's agile and alert for a man his age.
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