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After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
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Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown - First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Stagehand (as 'Buster' Keaton)
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Orangutan Trainer (uncredited)
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Civil War Veteran (uncredited)
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Twin (uncredited)
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One of the Zouaves (uncredited)
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Actor-Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jess Weldon ...
One of the Zouaves (uncredited)
Ford West ...
Stage Hand (uncredited)

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Edward F. Cline ... (as Eddie Cline)
Buster Keaton ... (as 'Buster' Keaton)

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Buster Keaton ... (written by) (as 'Buster' Keaton) and
Edward F. Cline ... (written by) (as Eddie Cline)

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Joseph M. Schenck ... producer (uncredited)

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Neil Brand ... (2015)

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Elgin Lessley ... (uncredited)

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Buster Keaton ... (uncredited)

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D.C. Cardinali ... colorist: remastered hd version: new version (uncredited)

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Robert Israel ... music arranger: 1995 edition

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Joseph M. Schenck ... presenter
Fred Gabourie ... technical director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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? Written by Nick Riganas

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Taglines He apes the ape as no one else can ape him (Print Ad- Wheeling Intelligencer, ((Wheeling WVA)) 22 April 1922) See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Playhouse (United States)
  • The Playhouse (World-wide, English title)
  • Frigo fregoli (France)
  • Im Theater (Germany)
  • Busters bunte Bühne (Germany)
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Trivia The multiple Busters on screen together were created in the camera, using a special lens with shutters to film only a portion of the scene at a time. Buster would perform one part, then the cameraman would crank the film back and open another shutter to film another part. A banjo player with a metronome helped Buster Keaton to perform precisely at the right time for each take. See more »
Goofs Sometimes the background is visible through the elbow of Male Audience Member Buster, revealing the double-exposure technique used to film two Buster Keatons sitting side by side. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979). See more »
Quotes Man in Audience: This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show.
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