Bruce Lawton discusses Buster Keaton's The Blacksmith , a film that Keaton had dismissed as a "lesser" work.
... That Dud... The Blacksmith is of 0 hour(s) and 7 minute(s). It is Produced By: Kino Lorber. It was released on 2011-07-12.
Genres: Documentary
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