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 == Plot ==
-[[File:Keaton's sore tooth.jpg|thumb|Keaton has a sore tooth.]]
+[[File:Keaton's sore tooth.jpg|thumb|Keaton with a sore tooth.]]
 Two farmhands ([[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]]) live in a one-room house resembling a Rube Goldberg invention. The house contains pulleys and levers that flip the room from bedroom to kitchen and back again. In the early minutes of the film, [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Roberts]] has to help [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] remove a sore tooth. He does this by tying a string from the tooth to a doorknob and then slamming the door to yank the tooth out. After eating a meal together, the met set out to fight over the woman they love.
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 '''''The Scarecrow''''' examines romantic comedy through scenes of marriage and competition for courtship in America during the 1920's. The set is well developed with an elaborately designed bachelor pad that has pulleys and carts which deliver breakfast, seasonings, and toast to the two farmhands as they sit at their table. The ruins of an old building provide an excellent backdrop for the chase between Luke the Dog and Keaton, and a giant haystack provides both a playground for Keaton and a comic allusion to finding a needle in a haystack as [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] is chased around by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 150-153</ref>
 == Cast ==
-[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|The couple is declared "man & wife" in a muddy stream.]]
+[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|The couple declared "man & wife" in a muddy stream.]]
 * [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]], First Farmhand

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 == Plot ==
-[[File:Keaton's sore tooth.jpg|thumb|Keaton's Sore Tooth]]
+[[File:Keaton's sore tooth.jpg|thumb|Keaton has a sore tooth.]]
 Two farmhands ([[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]]) live in a one-room house resembling a Rube Goldberg invention. The house contains pulleys and levers that flip the room from bedroom to kitchen and back again. In the early minutes of the film, [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Roberts]] has to help [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] remove a sore tooth. He does this by tying a string from the tooth to a doorknob and then slamming the door to yank the tooth out. After eating a meal together, the met set out to fight over the woman they love.
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 '''''The Scarecrow''''' examines romantic comedy through scenes of marriage and competition for courtship in America during the 1920's. The set is well developed with an elaborately designed bachelor pad that has pulleys and carts which deliver breakfast, seasonings, and toast to the two farmhands as they sit at their table. The ruins of an old building provide an excellent backdrop for the chase between Luke the Dog and Keaton, and a giant haystack provides both a playground for Keaton and a comic allusion to finding a needle in a haystack as [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] is chased around by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 150-153</ref>
 == Cast ==
-[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|The couple declared "Man & Wife!" in a muddy stream.]]
+[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|The couple is declared "man & wife" in a muddy stream.]]
 * [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]], First Farmhand

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 == Plot ==
 Two farmhands ([[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]]) live in a one-room house resembling a Rube Goldberg invention. The house contains pulleys and levers that flip the room from bedroom to kitchen and back again. In the early minutes of the film, [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Roberts]] has to help [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] remove a sore tooth. He does this by tying a string from the tooth to a doorknob and then slamming the door to yank the tooth out. After eating a meal together, the met set out to fight over the woman they love.
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 == Production ==
-'''''The Scarecrow''''' examines romantic comedy through scenes of marriage and competition for courtship in America during the 1920's.<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 150-153</ref> The set is well developed with an elaborately designed bachelor pad that has pulleys and carts which deliver breakfast, seasonings, and toast to the two farmhands as they sit at their table. The ruins of an old building provide an excellent backdrop for the chase between Luke the Dog and Keaton, and a giant haystack provides both a playground for Keaton and a comic allusion to finding a needle in a haystack as [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] is chased around by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|"Man & Wife!"]]
+'''''The Scarecrow''''' examines romantic comedy through scenes of marriage and competition for courtship in America during the 1920's. The set is well developed with an elaborately designed bachelor pad that has pulleys and carts which deliver breakfast, seasonings, and toast to the two farmhands as they sit at their table. The ruins of an old building provide an excellent backdrop for the chase between Luke the Dog and Keaton, and a giant haystack provides both a playground for Keaton and a comic allusion to finding a needle in a haystack as [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] is chased around by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 150-153</ref>
 == Cast ==
-[[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]], First Farmhand
+[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|The couple declared "Man & Wife!" in a muddy stream.]]
-[[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]], Second Farmhand
+* [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]], First Farmhand
-[[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]], Truck Driver
+== See Also ==
-[[w:Sybil_Seely|Sybil Seely]], Farmer's Daughter
+* [[w:Buster_Keaton_filmography|Buster Keaton Filmography]]
 == References ==
+<references />
 == External Links ==
-* The Scarecrow on YouTube
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8F-gWM45M The Scarecrow] on YouTube
-* The Scarecrow on Imdb

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 Both men work on the same farm and share the same love interest: the farmer's daughter ([[w:Sybil_Seely|Sybil Seely)]]. Both men attempt to win her love by various competitions resulting in broken limbs and soaked clothing. While running from a seemingly rabid dog ([[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]]), Keaton loses most of his clothes in a haystack and is forced to borrow clothes from a scarecrow in the farmer's field. He trips to his knees as the farmer's daughter appears, and she takes it as a marriage proposal. The two run off together with the farmer, ([[w:Joe_Keaton|Joe Keaton]]) in hot pursuit. The happy couple picks up a pastor as they make their escape and are declared man and wife in the last scene - in the middle of a muddy stream.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarecrow_(1920_film)</ref>
 [[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|"Man & Wife!"]]
 == Cast ==

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-The Scarecrow (1920) is a short film comedy that was written, directed, and performed by the duo [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011656/</ref> Reminiscent of the vaudeville humor so common in Keaton films, one of the lead roles is played by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832937/?ref_=tt_ov_st</ref>
+'''''The Scarecrow''''' (1920) is a short film comedy that was written, directed, and performed by [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] along with [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011656/</ref> An amusing romance, this 19-minute film is reminiscent of the vaudeville humor so common in Keaton films as one of the lead roles is played by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832937/?ref_=tt_ov_st</ref>
 == Plot ==
-This silent film tells the story of two farmhands ([[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]]) living in a one-room house that resembles a Rube Goldberg invention -- complete with pulleys and levers that flip the house from bedroom to kitchen and back again. The love interest of both of these men is the farmer's daughter, [[w:Sybil_Seely|Sybil Seely]]. Both men attempt to win her love by various competitions resulting in broken limbs and soaked clothing. While running from a seemingly rabid dog ([[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]]), Keaton loses most of his clothes in a haystack and is forced to borrow clothes from a scarecrow in the farmer's field. He trips to his knees as the farmer's daughter appears, and she takes it as a marriage proposal. The two run off together with the farmer, ([[w:Joe_Keaton|Joe Keaton]]) in hot pursuit. The happy couple picks up a pastor as they make their escape and are declared man and wife in the very last scene - in the middle of a muddy stream.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarecrow_(1920_film)</ref>
+Two farmhands ([[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]]) live in a one-room house resembling a Rube Goldberg invention. The house contains pulleys and levers that flip the room from bedroom to kitchen and back again. In the early minutes of the film, [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Roberts]] has to help [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] remove a sore tooth. He does this by tying a string from the tooth to a doorknob and then slamming the door to yank the tooth out. After eating a meal together, the met set out to fight over the woman they love.
 [[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|"Man & Wife!"]]

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	The Scarecrow (1920) is a short film comedy that was written, directed, and performed by the duo [[w:Buster_Keaton\|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Edward_F._Cline\|Edward F. Cline]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011656/</ref> Reminiscent of the vaudeville humor so common in Keaton films, one of the lead roles is played by [[w:Luke_the_Dog\|Luke the Dog]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832937/?ref_=tt_ov_st</ref>		The Scarecrow (1920) is a short film comedy that was written, directed, and performed by the duo [[w:Buster_Keaton\|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Edward_F._Cline\|Edward F. Cline]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011656/</ref> Reminiscent of the vaudeville humor so common in Keaton films, one of the lead roles is played by [[w:Luke_the_Dog\|Luke the Dog]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832937/?ref_=tt_ov_st</ref>
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