mark.waltz They either laugh, show him a wedding ring, a baby, and even a different skin color. One's underage, and another's not even a woman. Each of them gets a proposal from Buster Keaton, about to inherit a huge fortune, as long as he is married by seven that night. It's a simple premise with many funny moments, accelerated by Keaton's strong detail for comedy. But as word gets out, this creates a stampede of anxious money grubbing brides. What results from there is nothing short of genius in the art of film comedy, leading to a long chase sequence and a confrontation with a bunch of rolling rocks, and I don't mean beer. I've always believed that chaos results from the abundance of idiots in large groups, and while I cannot attest to the intelligence of the female crowd, I can show proof of the genius in Keaton through even such simple visuals of watches with different times. The sudden stalking of Keaton by the enraged non- brides is outrageously funny, and when I first saw this years ago in film history class, I was one of several dozen students with sore chests by the time the film was over. At just over 90, this film continues to hold up very well.

Eric Stevenson It's amazing how I always managed to be impressed by Buster Keaton's movies. This is a wonderfully hilarious movie because everything escalates in the craziest ways imaginable. A lot of it doesn't make sense, but it's way too entertaining to even care. The best part is easily the massive chase scene at the end. It's simply great to see how much this goes on and how far they're willing to take it. This is another movie I love because I am seriously eager to see how it ends. The ending did not disappoint and it's quite unexpected.Even better is how Keaton comes off as so realistic in this. Apart from having great gags and slapstick, I really do associate with this character a lot! I guess it might only be because I'm nearing my twenty-seventh birthday and have yet to find a wife myself! Thankfully, I'm not in this scenario myself! It takes awhile for the really good parts to happen, but they're so amazing you're not going to care! Don't get me wrong, there are many great scenes before, especially another zany car chase.Whenever I hear the name "Keaton" in terms of actors, I always think of Michael Keaton. It's sad that his career ended with sound movies. I think there's a heard sound effect in this movie with one of the guns fired. Perfect ****.

John T. Ryan IT HAS BEEN reported that Buster Keaton was less than happy that the rights to this play had been bought and ticked for delivery as a future project for his company. The reason given that by 1925 this was old. Keaton thought it to have been a real "turkey", even when it was new.WELL IT TURNED out much, much better than anyone could have imagined while in Keaton's charge. His instincts and skills for what to do with it transformed it into a really great representative piece of work by "the Great Stone Face" and one that is often chosen as representative of his over all output; even though he never dons overalls during its running time.AND WHILE WE are on the subject of length, it fits into a category which would later be dubbed "Streamliner: by the competitor Hal Roach Studios. That is, its running time around an hour (in this case 56 minutes); which allows it to be comfortably featured as a part of a Double Feature. (the vest thing since sliced bread in its day) THE STORY HAS been told that Buster & company weren't quite sure how to wrap things up; until a preview audience gave them a clue. They seemed to expect more from the paper-mache boulders; so the scenes featuring the veritable avalanche of giant rocks was amplified.THE GAG WORKED even better that expected and probably even changed Mr. Keaton's attitude about the play which became a most successful cog in his output. (It was remade as a 3 STOOGES' short featuring Shemp Howard as the luckless would be Groom)

MissyH316 What's worse than being a girl having to fight off 1,000 other possible brides for a chance to marry a millionaire? Hearing the minister later tell all of you ladies to leave the church quietly, that this whole thing must've been a prank! *YIKES!*One of THE funniest movies I've ever seen, especially the famous climactic chase scene. While I loved how "College" showed off some of Buster's many athletic skills, I think this one actually shows them just as well if not better. Great how all those boulders chased off the rabid pack of brides, too - I'll bet even "Jimmie" the groom had to laugh to himself about that. ;-D Some reviewers felt it started off rather slow, which it did, but when Buster made a film HIS way, this was usually the case - build, build, and build then push 'em out into the aisles laughing! Oh, and throw in some great sight gags along the way: the scene in the clock shop was priceless! I was surprised to learn that this was one of Buster's least favorite films, but despite that, being forced on him by Joe Schenck, I think he took a weak pitch and knocked it 'way out of the ballpark! Keaton + sow's ear = silk purse.MY, what a rare mix of talent Buster had! He was a prize stallion that should've ran free forever, and never should have been fenced in at the Malicious Greedy Morons studio. I'm so glad in his later years, he was vindicated as a wonderful comedic genius, loved and revered by millions everywhere for all time. :-)