Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

More great silent slapstick from stone-faced genius Buster Keaton. This one peaks early with a riotous hat-switching routine, but the funny does keep on coming after that. It does flag a bit in the third quarter before it rallies for an incomparable ending involving a cyclone, a floating jail, a damsel in distress and that famous falling house. Keaton vs. Chaplin? No contest.

Grade: B+