Battling Butler

The closeup of Alfred Butler's hands as he opens the box with the wedding ring inside was shot with a hand double, since Buster Keaton was missing the tip of his right index finger.

The date on the hotel register when Battling Butler signs it is four days earlier than the date when Alfred signs it directly under Battling Butler's signature a few hours later that same day (November 2nd vs November 6th).

The "THE END" test is shown on a boxing bell.

PROLOGUE TO RESTORATION: "The Keaton Project was launched in 2015 by Cineteca di Bologna and The Cohen Film Collection to restore all the films made by Buster Keaton between 1920 and 1928. for the restoration of battling Butler thirteen elements were inspected and analyzed, eight of those - from the Cohen Film Collection and Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique - were digitized and compared. Upon inspection, it was confirmed that the first generation positive print held by the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique was struck from a B-negative and therefore not used for reconstruction. Four elements were finally selected for restoration: the original camera negative, two positive print prints (one vintage and one from 1940s) and a second generation duplicate negative, all preserved by Cohen Film Collection. The dupe negative was used, whenever possible, to replace portions that were missing in the original negative, namely, the entirety of real 1, and portions in every real with the exception of real 3. Color grading used the amber tinted vintage print as a reference: this choice was confirmed by the information report reported in the middle tails of the original negative. Opening cards were re-edited to match the vintage print. Restoration was carried out at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, and complete completed in June 2017."