The Navigator

THE NAVIGATOR is a 1924 film by Buster Keaton. In this story, Keaton plays a wealthy and serious man who wishes to wed the woman of his dreams. At the start of the film, he arranges everything for their marriage--even a honeymoon in the tropics. He is so sure of himself that he goes about these plans without even informing the girl of their marriage. When he finally goes to propose however, he is flatly refused. Saddened, he departs the stage, and a plot involving a ship, spies, and the girl's father leaves her, and oddly, Keaton adrift on a ship called the Navigator. From this point, we get a bunch of brilliant jokes involving food, fish, deep sea diving, and cannibals. Again, Keaton employs the balance of luck. At one point, Keaton's character is made a fool by firecrackers and roman candles, but later, those same firecrackers save his life. Also, Keaton had planned to take his girl on a honeymoon in the tropics, and now they are adrift, unmarried, and headed towards a tropical island inhabited by cannibals. Keaton's comedy is brilliant, and THE NAVIGATOR is just one of his brilliant films in the 1920's.
The Navigator: ★★★