This is a black-and-white silent short film that runs for roughly 17 minutes and was made over 90 years ago. The star here is Buster Keaton. He wrote, directed and starred in this one. Same can be said for Edward F. Cline, although at least his contribution in terms of acting was smaller than Keaton's. The two made really many films together. Keaton plays a villain this time, not too common for him although you would guess that his ice-cold face expression should work with that. However, for me personally, it was just too difficult to realistically appreciate him and take him seriously as a bad guy. Of course, as always with Keaton, he is even clumsier than he is bad here and there are all the jokes and slapstick you could think of for a snow landscape. He must have a deal with the devil looking at how fast he got out of that hole in the frozen lake. Anyway, I don't believe this is among Keaton's best. not recommended.
Review of The Frozen North
