Pest from the West

Pest from the West is the first short subject starring American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of ten films for the studio between 1939 and 1941.

This was the first film made by Columbia Pictures starring Keaton and was a condensed remake of his Englishmade feature film The Invader 1935. Keatons silentera writer Clyde Bruckman collaborated on the screenplay and it was directed by comedy veteran Del Lord. The supporting cast features Columbia regulars Lorna Gray, Gino Corrado, Richard Fiske, Bud Jamison, Eddie Laughton, and Ned Glass with the voices of shortsubject stars Charley Chase and Curly Howard heard on the soundtrack.Much of Pest from the West was filmed on location at Balboa, California, USA Keaton repeatedly falls off his boat, into Balboa Bay. The Mexicanvillage settings were adapted from sets used in Columbias 1937 feature film Lost Horizon. ........

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