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 disorder, identical twin sisters, Zouave guards, and a rampant orangutan on the loose. But, can a mere gopher yearn for recognition, and perhaps, love?
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
- Writer
- Edward F. Cline
- Released
- 1921-10-26
- Running time
- 24 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Colorized
- Modern Ai
Cast & crew
Edward F. Cline Director
Buster Keaton- Edward F. Cline
Virginia Fox
Joe Murphy
Joe Roberts
Sybil Seely
