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Battling Butler

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A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
Director
Buster Keaton
Year
1926
Genre
comedy, sport
Box Office
$702,114
Production
Buster Keaton Productions
Awards
1 nomination
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler -posing as Battling Butler
Buster Keaton
Snitz Edwards
Alfred's Valet
Snitz Edwards
Sally O'Neil
The Mountain Girl
Sally O'Neil
The Mountain Girl's Father
Walter James
Budd Fine
The Mountain Girl's Brother
Budd Fine
Francis McDonald
Alfred 'Battling' Butler - The Prizefighter
Francis McDonald
Battling Butler's Wife
Mary O'Brien
Tom Wilson
Battling Butler's Trainer
Tom Wilson
Eddie Borden
Battling Butler's Manager
Eddie Borden
Lillian Lawrence
Spinster Aunt at Wedding
Lillian Lawrence

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Buster Keaton in "Battling Butler" - Battling Butler 00:11
Buster Keaton in "Battling Butler"
"Alfred, your father thinks a hunting and fishing trip - - Battling Butler 00:12
"Alfred, your father thinks a hunting and fishing trip ...
"Yes - get a camping outfit -- go out and rough it. Maybe it will make - - Battling Butler 00:17
"Yes - get a camping outfit -- go out and rough it. May...
Arrange it - Battling Butler 00:04
Arrange it
And so Alfred went out to rough it, leaving the city behind - - Battling Butler 00:15
And so Alfred went out to rough it, leaving the city behind ...
"There doesn't seem to be a thing here to shoot." - Battling Butler 00:07
"There doesn't seem to be a thing here to shoot.&q...
"Have you any more brothers or fathers?" - Battling Butler 00:05
"Have you any more brothers or fathers?"
CHAMPION BIG FAVORITE OVER BATTLING BUTLER - Battling Butler 00:17
CHAMPION BIG FAVORITE OVER BATTLING BUTLER
"Arrange to stop it." - Battling Butler 00:13
"Arrange to stop it."
I'd like to marry that pretty little mountain girl - Battling Butler 01:12
I'd like to marry that pretty little mountain girl
"That jellyfish couldn't take care of himself -- let alone a wife." - Battling Butler 00:08
"That jellyfish couldn't take care of himself -- l...
"We don't want any weaklings in our family." - Battling Butler 00:06
"We don't want any weaklings in our family."
"Weakling! - Battling Butler 00:06
"Weakling!
CHAMPION BIG FAVORITE OVER BATTLING BUTLER - Battling Butler 00:15
CHAMPION BIG FAVORITE OVER BATTLING BUTLER
Advice to the Lovesick by Beatrice Faircatch - - Battling Butler 00:21
Advice to the Lovesick by Beatrice Faircatch -
"Do you think you could learn to love me?" - Battling Butler 00:12
"Do you think you could learn to love me?"
"When are you going to fight again?" - Battling Butler 00:06
"When are you going to fight again?"
"When I'm drafted." - Battling Butler 00:12
"When I'm drafted."
"Sir, it's time to take your liniment." - Battling Butler 00:06
"Sir, it's time to take your liniment."
"These people will never know the difference - the champion - - Battling Butler 00:13
"These people will never know the difference - the cham...
"If you're going to fight tomorrow you'll have to hurry to catch the train." - Battling Butler 00:16
"If you're going to fight tomorrow you'll ha...
"In this corner we have Battling Butler." - Battling Butler 00:07
"In this corner we have Battling Butler."
"The Alabama Murderer challenges the winner." - Battling Butler 00:05
"The Alabama Murderer challenges the winner."
"I'm champion." - Battling Butler 00:06
"I'm champion."
"That means you cannot go back to the mountains, sir." - Battling Butler 00:17
"That means you cannot go back to the mountains, sir.&q...
WELCOME BATTLING BUTLER - Battling Butler 00:06
WELCOME BATTLING BUTLER
WELCOME BATTLING BUTLER World's Lightweight Champion - Battling Butler 00:07
WELCOME BATTLING BUTLER World's Lightweight Champion
BATTLING BUTLER TO FIGHT ALABAMA MURDERER New Champ to Defend Title Thanksgiving - - Battling Butler 00:13
BATTLING BUTLER TO FIGHT ALABAMA MURDERER New Champ to Defen...
"That means you have to leave right away." - Battling Butler 00:19
"That means you have to leave right away."
"I want you to know me as I am -- not as the brutal, - - Battling Butler 00:21
"I want you to know me as I am -- not as the brutal, -
"Where do we go from here?" - Battling Butler 00:15
"Where do we go from here?"
SILVER HOT SPRINGS Hotel Register Alfred Battling Butler & Wife. - Battling Butler 00:09
SILVER HOT SPRINGS Hotel Register Alfred Battling Butler &am...
"Drive carefully. These country folks may not be used to city speed." - Battling Butler 00:08
"Drive carefully. These country folks may not be used t...
Alfred Battling Butler & Wife. Alfred Butler and Man. - Battling Butler 00:05
Alfred Battling Butler & Wife. Alfred Butler and Man.
"How's your heel?" - Battling Butler 00:07
"How's your heel?"
"Let's go out for a little road work." - Battling Butler 00:05
"Let's go out for a little road work."
"I'm glad you came to see me -- now you must go right back home." - Battling Butler 00:09
"I'm glad you came to see me -- now you must go ri...
"I won't go home! I'm going to stay right here and help you train." - Battling Butler 00:09
"I won't go home! I'm going to stay right her...
"That woman says she's married to you, too." - Battling Butler 00:06
"That woman says she's married to you, too."
"-- so you see, sir, it would wreck his home if she knew the truth. - - Battling Butler 00:15
"-- so you see, sir, it would wreck his home if she kne...
"My dear, we are not the only Butlers here. This is - - Battling Butler 00:12
"My dear, we are not the only Butlers here. This is -
"Don't forget your date Thanksgiving." - Battling Butler 00:16
"Don't forget your date Thanksgiving."
"If he wants to be Battling Butler let him fight the Alabama Murderer, - - Battling Butler 00:13
"If he wants to be Battling Butler let him fight the Al...
"I'm through - get him in shape the best you can." - Battling Butler 00:07
"I'm through - get him in shape the best you can.&...
"Don't you think it advisable, sir, to give this up?" - Battling Butler 00:16
"Don't you think it advisable, sir, to give this u...
By dinner time the only thing Alfred had on his mind was his stomach. - Battling Butler 00:11
By dinner time the only thing Alfred had on his mind was his...
And so for three weeks Alfred trained and starved and suffered and ached - - Battling Butler 00:24
And so for three weeks Alfred trained and starved and suffer...
"I persuaded her to stay at the hotel - so she won't see you fight." - Battling Butler 00:09
"I persuaded her to stay at the hotel - so she won'...
"I thought it best to prepare for the worst, sir." - Battling Butler 00:06
"I thought it best to prepare for the worst, sir."
"See that she gets a good seat." - Battling Butler 00:06
"See that she gets a good seat."
"I hope you win -- father and brother wrote that they've bet all their money on you." - Battling Butler 00:10
"I hope you win -- father and brother wrote that they&#...
"Butler!" - Battling Butler 00:05
"Butler!"
"That was Battling Butler - he fought!" - Battling Butler 00:05
"That was Battling Butler - he fought!"
"You didn't think we'd throw away a championship just to get even with you." - Battling Butler 00:08
"You didn't think we'd throw away a champions...
"I've been saving you for three weeks." - Battling Butler 00:06
"I've been saving you for three weeks."
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A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.

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Director: Buster Keaton
Writer: Paul Gerard Smith, Al Boasberg, Charles Henry Smith
Production: Buster Keaton Productions
Genre: comedy, sport
Year: 1926
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.0
BoxOffice: $702,114
Released: 19 Sep 1926
Awards: 1 nomination
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