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Our Hospitality : The Waterfall

Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) falls off a derailed train into the river. Virginia Canfield (Natalie Talmadge) attempts to save McKay but nearly drowns before McKay can save them both from the waterfall.

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crosscutting, dolly shot, high angle, long shot, long take, medium shot, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, pan, point-of-view shot, pratfall, set, slapstick, static camera, tracking shot, two-shot

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"The Waterfall" in Our Hospitality. Directed by Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone, Joseph M. Schenck Productions, 1923, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1434

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