The Navigator (1924)

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Wikidata Q1195998, film, IMDb tt0015163, TMDB 32318: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Buster Keaton as director, star, stuntman (Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak).

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Cabin Boy: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (same setup): The Navigator ⇒ Cabin Boy (the host's read). A fancy lad must prove he is a tough man at sea, a setup that Cabin Boy repeats while looking like a Harryhausen movie.
    “Chris Elliott and Adam Resnick's cabin boy is such a Buster Keaton setup.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:51:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Connected to

Cabin Boy: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same setup): The Navigator → Cabin Boy. A fancy lad must prove he is a tough man at sea, a setup that Cabin Boy repeats while looking like a Harryhausen movie.
    “Chris Elliott and Adam Resnick's cabin boy is such a Buster Keaton setup.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:51:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Captain Phillips: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (joke remake): The Navigator → Captain Phillips. Griffin quips that The Navigator was remade as Captain Phillips, with fewer gags.
    “and the navigator was remade as Captain Phillips.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:19:36 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Dennis Schwartz: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (critic's reading): The Navigator → Dennis Schwartz. A modern reviewer says its theme of civilized man versus the machine explains why it was a hit.
    “its theme of civilized man versus the machine, seen as making life difficult for modern man because we have become so dependent on it”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:05:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Donald Crisp: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (co-director): The Navigator → Donald Crisp. Keaton hired Crisp as a dramatic co-director, then shunted him aside when Crisp wanted gags.
    “One thing about this movie that's interesting is it's codirected by Donald Crisp.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:56:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Harold Lloyd: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (reaction style): The Navigator → Harold Lloyd. In the ghost-painting bit Keaton panics like a Harold Lloyd character instead of staying deadpan.
    “He actually had kind of a Harold Lloyd reaction to this.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:58:32 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

I'm on a Boat (Lonely Island video): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (modern equivalent): The Navigator → I'm on a Boat (Lonely Island video). The Navigator is a feature of boat bits, the I'm On a Boat of its day.
    “That basically this was the I'm on a boat of its day.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:49:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Pee-wee Herman: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (Rube Goldberg gag): The Navigator → Pee-wee Herman. The pulleys-and-ropes kitchen sequence is described as Pee-wee Herman and Rube Goldberg stuff.
    “they pee wee Hermann at the kitchen.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:06:26 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Sherlock, Jr.: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Sherlock, Jr. → The Navigator. The same long-term cinematographer, Elgin Leslie, shot both Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator.
    “who was named Elgin Leslie, who shot this and the navigator and the bulk of his shorts and most of his features of this era.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:22:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Steamboat Bill Jr.: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (boat movie): The Navigator → Steamboat Bill Jr.. Steamboat Bill Jr. is another boat-bit movie but with a real emotional spine about the father.
    “is another boat bit movie, but it's a boat bit movie that's more about the father.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:54:07 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The General: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same hook): The Navigator → The General. Both started from Keaton getting hold of a vehicle and building the movie around it, but The General is a real movie while The Navigator is a series of bits.
    “It is so similar to what the general eventually is where he's like, vehicle?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:50:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Victor Herbert: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Navigator → Victor Herbert. A Navigator title card jokes about singing Kiss Me Again to the music of Alice, Where Art Thou; the speaker looked up that Kiss Me Again is by Victor Herbert.
    “Kiss Me Again is an up-tempo, like, waltz. That I can imagine. I can basically picture what that's written by Victor Herbert”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:01:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

craft (2)

  1. craft (reaction style): The Navigator → Harold Lloyd. In the ghost-painting bit Keaton panics like a Harold Lloyd character instead of staying deadpan.
    “He actually had kind of a Harold Lloyd reaction to this.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:58:32 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): The Navigator → Victor Herbert. A Navigator title card jokes about singing Kiss Me Again to the music of Alice, Where Art Thou; the speaker looked up that Kiss Me Again is by Victor Herbert.
    “Kiss Me Again is an up-tempo, like, waltz. That I can imagine. I can basically picture what that's written by Victor Herbert”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:01:09 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (joke remake): The Navigator → Captain Phillips. Griffin quips that The Navigator was remade as Captain Phillips, with fewer gags.
    “and the navigator was remade as Captain Phillips.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:19:36 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Sherlock, Jr. → The Navigator. The same long-term cinematographer, Elgin Leslie, shot both Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator.
    “who was named Elgin Leslie, who shot this and the navigator and the bulk of his shorts and most of his features of this era.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:22:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (co-director): The Navigator → Donald Crisp. Keaton hired Crisp as a dramatic co-director, then shunted him aside when Crisp wanted gags.
    “One thing about this movie that's interesting is it's codirected by Donald Crisp.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:56:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (6)

  1. unmapped (modern equivalent): The Navigator → I'm on a Boat (Lonely Island video). The Navigator is a feature of boat bits, the I'm On a Boat of its day.
    “That basically this was the I'm on a boat of its day.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:49:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (same hook): The Navigator → The General. Both started from Keaton getting hold of a vehicle and building the movie around it, but The General is a real movie while The Navigator is a series of bits.
    “It is so similar to what the general eventually is where he's like, vehicle?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:50:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (same setup): The Navigator → Cabin Boy. A fancy lad must prove he is a tough man at sea, a setup that Cabin Boy repeats while looking like a Harryhausen movie.
    “Chris Elliott and Adam Resnick's cabin boy is such a Buster Keaton setup.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:51:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (boat movie): The Navigator → Steamboat Bill Jr.. Steamboat Bill Jr. is another boat-bit movie but with a real emotional spine about the father.
    “is another boat bit movie, but it's a boat bit movie that's more about the father.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:54:07 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (critic's reading): The Navigator → Dennis Schwartz. A modern reviewer says its theme of civilized man versus the machine explains why it was a hit.
    “its theme of civilized man versus the machine, seen as making life difficult for modern man because we have become so dependent on it”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:05:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (Rube Goldberg gag): The Navigator → Pee-wee Herman. The pulleys-and-ropes kitchen sequence is described as Pee-wee Herman and Rube Goldberg stuff.
    “they pee wee Hermann at the kitchen.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:06:26 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Navigator: Breakfast gag: she puts unground coffee beans in a kettle, he drinks it, silently leaves to vomit and returns miming a phone call.
    “he makes a gesture saying, I had to make a phone call.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:55:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Navigator: Studio gave Crisp the dramatic scenes; they reportedly told him the film was done and then shot the deep-sea-diving sequence without him.
    “Apparently they literally told him the film was done and then filmed the deep sea diving sequence”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:57:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about The Navigator: A title card says going on a honeymoon without a bride is like singing 'Kiss Me Again' to the tune of 'Alice, Where Art Thou' (a fast waltz versus a slow plaintive song).
    “going on a honeymoon without a bride is like singing in the words of Kiss Me Again to the music of Alice, where art thou?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:00:45 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about The Navigator: The last 20 minutes (island of cannibals) are old-school white panic racism, where Keaton's timelessness 'falls to the ground'.
    “It's 20 minutes of old school white panic racism.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:02:10 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Navigator: A cut gag sent a starfish with a badge directing fish traffic; previews showed the audience was caught up in the story and it cost 10 grand.
    “apparently they'd spent 10 grand on that gag and they had to cut it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:04:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.