The Scarecrow (1920 film)

The Scarecrow is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, and written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline.

Plot
Buster plays a farmhand who competes with his housemate (Roberts) to win the love of the farmer's daughter (Sybil Seely). Running from a dog that he believes is rabid, he races around brick walls, jumps through windows, and falls into a hay thresher that rips off most of his clothes. He is forced to borrow a scarecrow's clothes in a nearby field. He then trips into a kneeling position while tying his shoes, and Sybil believes he is proposing marriage. They speed off on a motorcycle, with Joe and the farmer (played by Buster's father, Joe) in hot pursuit. Scooping up a minister during the chase, they are married on the speeding motorcycle and splash into a stream, where they are pronounced man and wife.

Cast

 * Buster Keaton as Farmhand #1
 * Edward F. Cline as Hit-and-Run Truck Driver (uncredited)
 * Luke the Dog as The "Mad" Dog (uncredited)
 * Joe Keaton as Farmer (uncredited)
 * Joe Roberts as Farmhand #2 (uncredited)
 * Sybil Seely as Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
 * Al St. John as Man with Motorbike (uncredited)