Sherlock Jr. was the first Buster Keaton film I ever saw (shoutout to Professor Kuntz's History of American Motion Picture class, 2008!), but it was grossly overshadowed by The Kid, which we watched in the same session. I became a hopeless Chaplin fanatic after that, and it took a while for me to get as obsessed about Buster.
But recently I re-watched Sherlock Jr. and fell super in love with it. There are so many wonderfully clever scenes, like Buster becoming part of a movie, demonstrating some sweet billiards moves, and this wacky motorcycle chase scene.
While we're on the topic, I feel like it's worth noting the constant struggle to find silent movie clips with acceptable music...there are lots of videos with weird experimental scores that I imagine being uploaded for beginners' composition classes. Either that or videos with corny organ music and goofy sound effects. I'm not a fan of the music in the motorcycle scene linked above, even though it seems to be one of the most frequently used "soundtracks" for Sherlock Jr. I actually rather liked this version with the Can Can...and not just because the title says "good music," haha. It makes the scene more epic (if not slightly Looney Toon-esque), especially when he finally realizes there's no one on the bike. Side note: how did cars work back then? Did you not need a key? Could you just jump into any old car and turn it on?
Anyway, point of this post is, I'm back to loving Buster again. I'm re-reading his autobiography and spent an entire morning crafting a fangirly Pinterest board. There's still so many of his short films I haven't seen ("two-reelers," if you're in the know) and luckily/dangerously for me, they're almost all on YouTube.
I'll leave you with this mind-blowing fan video, chock full of awesome stunts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ecwvo1AeM