The Home Owner (1961)
1961 · Short film · 21 min · dir. Joe Parker
- Comedy
Synopsis
A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their virtues while Buster is constantly pursuing a sexy-looking blonde. After buying a home, Buster proceeds to wreak havoc in the community. He falls into another resident's pool with a shopping cart full of purchases from S. S. Kresge's, knocks over an unassuming waiter with a bowling ball at the local lanes and tries his hand at being a waiter a ritzy restaurant. The construction of the new hospital and golf course are then discussed, and the films ends with a panoramic view of the model tract homes.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Joe Parker
- Writer
- Joe Parker
- Cinematography
- Leo Tover
- Released
- 1961-11-09
- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Ephemeral film
- Industrial film
- 1960s
- Buster Keaton
- Suburbia
- Mid-century
Cast & crew
Joe Parker Director
Buster Keaton
Bob Hawk- John F. Long
