''The Love Nest'' is a 1923 American short comedy

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

written and directed by and starring

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently ...

. It was the 19th and final short film produced at Buster Keaton Productions before he moved on to feature-length pictures.

Plot

In order to escape from his life and his lost love, Keaton sets off on his small

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, ''Cupid'', but runs into the

whaling Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16t ...

ship, ''The Love Nest''. The whaler's merciless captain throws crew members overboard for even the slightest offense. After his steward accidentally pours hot tea over the captain's hand, the captain tosses him overboard and replaces him with Keaton. Despite a series of mishaps, Keaton manages to avoid the fate of other crewmen. But Keaton desires to escape, and chops a hole in the hull to sink the boat. He escapes in a lifeboat with no idea where land is. He docks at the rear of a platform he is unaware is a target bullseye for naval gunnery practice. The Navy scores a direct hit and Keaton is seen hurtled skyward; angel-wing style. Keaton then wakes up in his own boat; which had never left the dock. The whole thing had been a dream.

Cast

- Buster Keaton * Joe Roberts - Captain of the Whaler *

Virginia Fox Virginia Oglesby Zanuck (; Fox; April 19 (year of birth disputed) – was an American actress who starred in many silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. Life and career Fox was born as Virginia Oglesby Fox in Wheeling, West Virginia (though he ...

- The Girl * Steve Murphy as Member of Ship's Crew

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