The Playhouse

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6 Oct 1921

1921Silent20m 8s

A stage hand wakes from a dream of a theater filled with identical performers, and his clumsy work habits soon cause chaos throughout the entire building

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Genres Comedy, Indie, Short, Silent

Decade 1920s

This Movie is Surreal, Slapstick, Inventive, Dream-like & Chaotic

About The Playhouse A 1921 silent comedy directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, noted for its imaginative sequence of multiple characters played by a single performer

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Audio English (United States)

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Buster Keaton Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown - First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interlocutors / Stagehand
Edward F. Cline Orangutan trainer (uncredited)
Virginia Fox Twin (uncredited)
Joe Roberts Actor-Stage Manager (uncredited)
Joe Murphy One of the Zouaves (uncredited)
Sybil Seely Twin (uncredited)