''The Blacksmith'' is a 1922 American short

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co-written, co-directed by and featuring Buster Keaton. Buster plays an assistant

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to the big worker played by Joe Roberts, with predictable results.

Cast

* Buster Keaton as Blacksmith's assistant * Joe Roberts as Blacksmith * Virginia Fox as Horsewoman

Alternate versions

In June 2013, Argentine film collector, curator and historian Fernando Martín Peña (who had previously unearthed the complete version of ''

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'') discovered an alternate version of this film, a sort of remake whose last reel differs completely from the previously known version. Film historians have since found evidence that the version of ''The Blacksmith'' Peña uncovered was a substantial reshoot undertaken months after completion of principal photography and a preview screening in New York. They now believe the rediscovered version was Keaton's final cut intended for wide distribution. Following Peña's discovery, a third version of the film, featuring at least one scene which doesn't occur in either of the other two, was found in the collection of former film distributor

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