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A Country Hero
UNITED STATES · 1917

A Country Hero

Buster Keaton
romantic rivalry small town life vaudeville performance love triangle slapstick comedy
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Synopsis

Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner, over the affections of a pretty schoolteacher. A city chap unites the two rivals when he tries to steal the girl. An annual village ball features amateur talent in vaudeville stunts with Keaton as a wriggling Fatima who charms a long black stocking from a ci

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