Watch The Balloonatic (1923) Free Online

Release Date: 1923

Cast: Buster Keaton

Categories: Movies, Short Film, Comedy, Black-And-White, Slapstick, Silent Film

The Balloonatic is a 1923 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It was one of Keaton's final short films. A young man (Keaton) has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a hot air balloon for launch. The young man assists the group by climbing atop the balloon to afix a pennant, when the balloon mistakenly takes flight with no one aboard but the young man. The young man finally downs the balloon in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of... MORE

The Balloonatic is a 1923 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It was one of Keaton's final short films. A young man (Keaton) has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a hot air balloon for launch. The young man assists the group by climbing atop the balloon to afix a pennant, when the balloon mistakenly takes flight with no one aboard but the young man. The young man finally downs the balloon in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of misadventures. LESS