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This still depicts a sequence that does not appear in Sherlock Jr.; it was either abandoned or cut from the film prior to release. The preoccupied ticket-office girl remains unidentified. However, she does appear elsewhere in the film as the girl who work the service counter of the confectionery shop. 

This still depicts a sequence that does not appear in Sherlock Jr.; it was either abandoned or cut from the film prior to release. The preoccupied ticket-office girl remains unidentified. However, she does appear elsewhere in the film as the girl who work the service counter of the confectionery shop. 

Buster Keaton at his Beverly Hills mansion, the Italian Villa, in November 1929. He once said, “It took a hell of  lot of pratfalls to build that dump.”

Buster Keaton at his Beverly Hills mansion, the Italian Villa, in November 1929. He once said, “It took a hell of  lot of pratfalls to build that dump.”

Buster Keaton kneels to tie his shoe and ends up engaged to Sybil Seely in The Scarecrow (1920).

Buster Keaton kneels to tie his shoe and ends up engaged to Sybil Seely in The Scarecrow (1920).

Buster Keaton with Sybil Seely, c. 1920.

Buster Keaton with Sybil Seely, c. 1920.

Natalie Talmadge clutches a rolling pin, and Buster Keaton’s broken right ankle (which is still bandaged from his accident making the abandoned first version of The Electric House) is shackled by a ball and chain in this gag photograph taken shortly after their marriage.

Natalie Talmadge clutches a rolling pin, and Buster Keaton’s broken right ankle (which is still bandaged from his accident making the abandoned first version of The Electric House) is shackled by a ball and chain in this gag photograph taken shortly after their marriage.

Buster Keaton and crew on The High Sign signal for the still photographer aboard a boat on location off the coast of Venice Beach, California. Eddie Cline is in the wide-brimmed hat on the left with cameraman Elgin Lessley seated immediately behind him.

Buster Keaton and crew on The High Sign signal for the still photographer aboard a boat on location off the coast of Venice Beach, California. Eddie Cline is in the wide-brimmed hat on the left with cameraman Elgin Lessley seated immediately behind him.

Buster Keaton during a tour of British music halls in a show called Do You Remember? at the Hippodrome Theater, Derby, 1951. Photograph by J.S. Cook.

Buster Keaton during a tour of British music halls in a show called Do You Remember? at the Hippodrome Theater, Derby, 1951. Photograph by J.S. Cook.

Buster and Eleanor Keaton at their Woodland Hills ranch, c. 1956. Photograph by Charles Schneider.

Buster and Eleanor Keaton at their Woodland Hills ranch, c. 1956. Photograph by Charles Schneider.

Buster Keaton as “the three wise monkeys,” c. 1921. Photograph attributed to Arthur Rice.

Buster Keaton as “the three wise monkeys,” c. 1921. Photograph attributed to Arthur Rice.

Buster takes time out from his favorite sport of baseball to pose for the still photographer in September 1928.

Buster takes time out from his favorite sport of baseball to pose for the still photographer in September 1928.