Suffers a bit from not being quite as romantic nor the sublime technical achievement Keaton's films could be, but it's a charming incarnation of his underdog character who tries and tries again.

Uneven but reasonably funny, and the final act is a worthy conclusion.

4th and final film of my short Buster Keaton marathon. Not much innovation in this film, but it's still Buster Keaton.

One of the weaker Keaton flicks. There are funny parts, but I didn't care for the blackface bit (though it wasn't nearly as racist as it could have been) and I thought it unfortunate that the character entirely abandons his academic talents for the sake of trying to impress the girl with athletics.

Gratifying College Sports comedy -- one of the first of its type -- has Keaton showing off in fine form as he grapples hysterically with sports equipment of all kinds and finally winning out over the abusive jock types.

Once again Keaton acts awkward young man who does something out of his league to impress her. This time it's athletics. All film consists of sketches involving some kind of sport. Some of the gags are fun, but as a movie it suffers from severe fragmentation. There also are nice slow-mo umbrella effect and the "happy ever after ending" that was later references in the famous film "Un Chien Andalou" to keep an eye on.