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The High Sign is a silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, released in 1921.

Plot

The film opens with Keaton finding an ad in a comically enormous newspaper about a job opportunity being a sharpshooter.

Cast

Buster Keaton - Our Hero

Bartine Burkett - Miss Nickelnurser

Ingram B. Pickett - Tiny Tim

Charles Dorety - Gang Member

Al St. John - Man in target practice.

Production

The High Sign marked Keaton's solo directorial debut. Although his co-star, Bartine Burkett, remembers him as being thoroughly amused by the work he was doing, ruining shots with his laughter, Keaton ended up unsatisfied with the film. When Keaton wanted the film shelved, Lou Anger insisted that audiences should be able to view it. After witnessing which bits fell flat in front of the audience, the team re-shot certain parts to make the comedy more "human."