In one film by this director, a villain called "the local sheik" blames the theft of a pocket watch on a projectionist who is obsessed with detective films.
In one film by this director, the protagonist's dreamsÂ—about diving off a rocky cliff into water that turns into a snow bankÂ—are played out on a movie projector. Another film by this man ends with the protagonist being repeatedly interrupted while trying to hug his girlfriend, though he ends up kissing her while saluting passing soldiers. In one film by this director, a villain called "the local sheik" blames the theft of a pocket watch on a projectionist who is obsessed with detective films. In the most famous film by this director, the protagonist empties a burlap sack filled with shoes so he can smuggle his girlfriend in it. This director of (*) Sherlock, Jr. created a film in which the protagonist miraculously survives when a cyclone causes a building to fall around him. In another film, this man played a Civil War engineer who pulls off dangerous stunts on the title train. For 10 points, identify this "stone-faced" director of silent comedies such as Steamboat Bill Jr. and The General.
In one film by this director, the protagonist's dreamsÂ—about diving off a rocky cliff into water that turns into a snow bankÂ—are played out on a movie projector.
Buster Keaton 