buster keaton be generally know for his comedy foray in the silent era and but this movie be a hybrid romance and comedy and and action movie . the plot be merely a vessel for the action and stunt and and for a movie that come out in 1926 and i be impressed . in what be apparently real stunt and i watch keaton jump from train and inflict pain on the north . it an interesting commentary too and on film from the south . with the film be in black and white and union soldier symbolically come out look a the villain with their navy blue uniform appear black . the opposite be true as well and a the south gray uniform look white on the film stock and give them an aura of righteousness . it be also an interesting theme that keaton get all of his motivation from the girl that want him to enlist and and all his inspiration from his other love and the general . both help him mold himself into a soldier and and by the end it be all tie up with a nice bow . an enjoyable hour and a half .