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Set on the Mississippi River in the old sidewheeler days, STEAMBOAT BILL JR. follows the adventures of a spoiled young man (Buster Keaton) who is forced by his crusty father (Ernest Torrence) to learn the ropes of riverboating. Over the course of the narrative, the scale of comedy gradually expands, from small-scale, nostalgic humor (as when Bill Sr. outfits his son with a new wardrobe) to some of the most elaborate sight gags of Keaton's career. Junior's attempts to single-handedly pilot the rag-tag "Stonewall Jackson" recall the mechanical brilliance of THE GENERAL and THE NAVIGATOR but the film's crowning achievement is its hurricane climax. Highlighted by remarkable special effects (including the destruction of full-sized sturctures), it includes the legendary stunt in which the front of a building collapses over Junior, who passes unharmed through an open window.
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amazing work of physical humor and cinematography in any age; musical score was on the money, too