Movie review - "Steamboat Bill Jr" (1928) ***

For the most part I didn’t find this that amazing - Buster Keaton as the college-educated son of a steamboat captain who finds his kid a bit whimpy. But then the last act kicks in - it's a storm that hits the town, resulting in houses falling down everywhere, boats flying about, and Buster struggling against the elements. This is the film which features the famous stunt of a house collapsing all around him, but him surviving by standing in an open window. There's plenty of it and it's all terrific - one of the great all time physical performers was Keaton,