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Wikipedia article




'The Electric House' is a 1922 American short comedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton.

Plot



Three graduating students drop their degree certificates, but each picks up the wrong ones off the floor. Keaton plays a botany student who, accidentally, picked up an electrical engineering degree and is invited to wire a home using many gadgets. The man who actually was the electrical engineer graduate exacts revenge by rewiring those gadgets to cause mayhem.

Cast



* Buster Keaton as himself

* Virginia Fox as Girl (uncredited)

* Joe Keaton as Extra (uncredited)

* Louise Keaton 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 ankle 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



* Buster Keaton filmography

References




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