The Playhouse

Short, Comedy, Fantasy

The film is set up as a series of humorous tricks on the audience, with constant doubling, and in which things are rarely what they at first seem to be. The movie is most famous for an opening sequence in which Keaton plays every role.

Directed by: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Starring: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Written by: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Cinematography: Elgin Lessley

Running time: 22 min.
Language: Silent (English intertitles)

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