Pest from the West
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Pest from the West
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The first, and best, of ten comedy two-reelers Buster Keaton was to make for the Columbia short subject department, Pest From the West featured Keaton as a millionaire vacationing in Mexico. He falls for a beautiful señorita (Lorna Gray, later known as Adrian Booth), who plays along in order to make her employer, Gino Corrado, jealous. In a scene reminiscent of Keaton's best work, he serenades an irascible Bud Jamison in the mistaken belief that he is Gray. Keaton strums his ukulele, oblivious to the flying crockery that punctuates every note, and blithely warbles "In a Little Spanish Town." Like most entries in the series, Pest From the West was penned by veteran Keaton collaborator Clyde Bruckman. Reportedly, Keaton was hired for his onscreen presence only and apparently didn't contribute any gags himself. Although dismissed by modern Keaton fans, the Columbia two-reelers were popular in their day. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, RoviCast
Lorna Gray; Gino Corrado; Richard Fiske; Eddie Laughton; Murray Forbes; Bud JamisonCredit
Del Lord - Director, Jules White - Producer, Clyde Bruckman - Screenwriter| Pest Pilot (1941 Film), Pest Control (2003 Film) | |
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Pest from the West
| Pest from the West | |
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| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman Buster Keaton |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Lorna Gray Gino Corrado Richard Fiske Bud Jamison Forbes Murray Eddie Laughton Ned Glass |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Editing by | Charles Nelson |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 16, 1939 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pest from the West is the first short subject starring American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of ten films for the studio between 1939 and 1941.
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Synopsis
Keaton is a millionaire vacationing in Mexico traveler who falls in love with a senorita (Lorna Gray) and sets out to win her.
Production
This was the first film made by Columbia Pictures starring Keaton and was a condensed remake of his English-made feature film The Invader (1935). Keaton's silent-era writer Clyde Bruckman collaborated on the screenplay and it was directed by comedy veteran Del Lord. The supporting cast features Columbia regulars Lorna Gray, Gino Corrado, Richard Fiske, Bud Jamison, Eddie Laughton, and Ned Glass with the voices of short-subject stars Charley Chase and Curly Howard heard on the soundtrack.
Much of Pest from the West was filmed on location at Balboa, California, USA (Keaton repeatedly falls off his boat, into Balboa Bay). The Mexican-village settings were adapted from sets used in Columbia's 1937 feature film Lost Horizon.
Reception
Pest from the West was a huge hit in theaters, and earned rave reports from exhibitors. Keaton starred in nine more Columbia shorts, the last of which was She's Oil Mine. Like Pest from the West, this borrowed content from an older Keaton feature, The Passionate Plumber.
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