The Play House (1921)
1921 · Silent film · 24 min · dir. Edward F. Cline
He apes the ape as no one else can ape him!
- Comedy
- Fantasy
Synopsis
Portraying more than twenty characters at once--including lively stage actors, an attentive audience, an orchestra, and an entire nine-member minstrel act--Buster Keaton pushes the boundaries of technical artistry and film trickery, in a time when effects really were special. With this in mind--after waking up from a delightful vaudeville dream sequence--Buster realises that he still is the play house's humble general factotum, and he must keep the show up and running amid delusion and…
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Details
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
- Writer
- Edward F. Cline
- Released
- 1921-10-26
- Running time
- 24 minutes
Cast & crew
Edward F. Cline Director
Buster Keaton- Edward F. Cline
Virginia Fox
Joe Murphy
Joe Roberts
Sybil Seely
