The Balloonatic is a 1923 American shortcomedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton.[1] It was one of Keaton's final short films.[2]
Plot
The short filmBuster Keaton and Phyllis Haver
A young man (Keaton) has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a gas balloon for launch. The young man assists the group by climbing atop the balloon to affix a pennant, when the balloon mistakenly takes flight with no one aboard but the young man. The young man finally downs the balloon in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of misadventures.
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