One nightfall, after a march of wenty miles, they arrived in Champillon...weary and ready for sleep." French peasant girls gesture tantalizingly at the tired men as they arrive and receive "orders for billeting.Freddy cut the puppet's strings, dropped to the floor, and grew to full-size at the foot of Phillip's bed.The Civil War adventure-epic classic was made toward the end of the silent era.Posters describing the slapstick film heralded: "Love, Locomotives and Laughs." However, Keaton's greatest picture (arguably) received both poor reviews by critics (it was considered tedious and disappointing) and weak box-office results (about a half million dollars domestically, and approximately one million worldwide) when initially released in the late 20s, and it led to Keaton's loss of independence as a film-maker and a restrictive deal with MGM.And this was the second of five films that Grant made with Hawks - their sole adventure film among four other screwball comedies (Bringing Up Baby (1938),His Girl Friday (1940),I Was a Male War Bride (1949), andMonkey Business (1952)).