Character Relationships in The Navigator

Rollo Treadway (played by Buster Keaton) is a protagonist in The Navigator. A wealthy man who boards the wrong ship after his proposal is rejected. He drifts across the Pacific, adapts to survival using makeshift gadgets, patches a hull leak in a diving suit, rescues Betsy from island natives, and survives a sinking dinghy before rescue by a submarine. Betsy O'Brien (played by Kathryn McGuire) is a protagonist in The Navigator. The neighbor initially rejected by Rollo. She boards the drifting vessel to find her captured father, eventually partners with Rollo to survive the ocean drift, gets captured by natives, is rescued, and joins their final dinghy escape before a submarine saves them.

Character Relationship Map: The Navigator

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The Navigator (1924) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.

Characters

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

Story Analysis

A rejected proposal becomes an involuntary ocean voyage in which two privileged people learn cooperation, resourcefulness, and mutual reliance.

Plot Progression

  1. A Proposal Goes Astray
  2. The Drifting Navigator
  3. False Hope at Sea
  4. Learning to Survive
  5. Island Peril and Rescue

Directed by Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp

The Navigator (1924) · 7.1/10 · action, adventure, comedy, romance

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q1195998), public domain (CC0).