The Electric House
The Electric House | |
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Directed by | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline |
Written by | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline |
Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
Starring | Buster Keaton |
Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Electric House is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton.[1]
Plot[]
Keaton plays a botany student who is accidentally awarded an electrical engineering degree. He then attempts to wire a home using many gadgets. The man to whom the degree should have been awarded then exacts revenge by rewiring those gadgets to cause mayhem.
Cast[]
- Buster Keaton as himself
- Virginia Fox as Girl (uncredited)
- Joe Keaton as Extra (uncredited)
- as Extra (uncredited)
- Myra Keaton as Extra (uncredited)
- Joe Roberts as Homeowner (uncredited)
Production[]
During the original scheduled shooting of the film in 1920, Keaton suffered a broken leg filming a sequence with the electric staircase. The project was shelved, and then re-done entirely. The known version today is actually the second version filmed; no copies of the original footage from 1920 are known to exist.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Electric House". Silent Era. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Electric House. |
- The Electric House at IMDb
- The short film The Electric House is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
- The Electric House at the International Buster Keaton Society
Categories:
- 1922 films
- 1922 comedy films
- 1922 short films
- American films
- American silent short films
- American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Buster Keaton
- Films directed by Edward F. Cline
- Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck
- Films with screenplays by Buster Keaton