The Paleface (1922)
USA/Silent/Comedy/B&W
USA|Silent|B&W
Short|Comedy|Western
Directed & Written by:
Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton
Produced by:
Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematography:
Elgin Lessley
Filming location:
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast:
Buster Keaton...Little Chief Paleface
Virginia Fox...Indian Maiden
Joe Roberts...The Indian Chief
Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
Buster Keaton stars in this two-reel comedy as the captive of hostile Indians. Crooked "oil sharks" led by a man named Hunt have stolen an Indian tribe's lease to their land and given them 24 hours to vacate. Furious, the Indian chief orders that the first white man who enters their encampment be killed. A butterfly collector (Keaton) unwittingly wanders in while chasing a butterfly.
His captors tie him to a stake and prepare him for death by fire. Keaton moves with the stake as the Indians try frantically to place the firewood around him.
When he survives the flames due to his fire-resistant clothes, Keaton is made a member of the tribe and named Little Chief Paleface.
He then foils the scheme of unsavoury oil speculators to steal the land from his Indian companions.
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