The Silent Partner
When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool. Part of the Screen Directors Playhouse series, sponsored by Kodak, and in association with Screen Directors Guild.
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: Hal Roach Studios, screen directors guild
- Keyword: short film
- Cast: Buster Keaton, Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown, Evelyn Ankers, Jack Kruschen, Jack Elam