1920 · Comedy
One Week
Start with a house whose mismatched parts turn domestic plans into physical comedy. Watch how its architecture directs the action.
24 min · Subtitles: English
Directors
Buster Keaton
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1924 · Comedy · Adventure
Sherlock, Jr.
Follow a projectionist into the screen and see how changes of setting become obstacles for his body and imagination.
44 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
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Collection no. #65618 minCops
Buster Keaton
18 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Determined to impress the woman he loves, a young man tries to prove that he can succeed in business. A wallet, a furniture deal and a troublesome…
Collection no. #65724 minOne Week
Buster Keaton
24 min · Subtitles: English
A newly married couple receives a house packed in numbered crates and sets out to assemble their new home. A jealous rival alters the numbers,…
Collection no. #65823 minThe Boat
Buster Keaton
23 min · Subtitles: English
A father finishes building a family boat and discovers that getting it out of the house is already a dangerous undertaking. Launching the vessel…
Collection no. #65920 minThe High Sign
Buster Keaton
20 min · Subtitles: English
A drifter fakes his way into a shooting-gallery job and acquires a reputation as an expert marksman. The deception attracts both a gang planning a…
Collection no. #66022 minThe Playhouse
Buster Keaton
22 min · Subtitles: English
A variety theater seems to employ the same remarkably familiar man in every possible position, from orchestra to audience. The dream gives way to…
Collection no. #71244 minSherlock, Jr.
Buster Keaton
44 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A cinema projectionist studies detective work and hopes to impress the woman he loves. When a rival frames him for theft, his amateur investigation…
Collection no. #79063 minThree Ages
Buster Keaton
63 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A slight, resourceful suitor competes with a much more imposing rival in three different eras: prehistoric times, ancient Rome and the modern city.…
Collection no. #81117 minThe Frozen North
Buster Keaton
17 min · Subtitles: English
A cowboy steps out of a subway station into an improbable frozen wilderness. His attempts at robbery, romance and masculine authority repeatedly…
Collection no. #83224 minThe Paleface
Buster Keaton
24 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A butterfly collector wanders into a Native American community just as its people face eviction by dishonest oil interests. Mistaken for another…
Collection no. #84356 minSeven Chances
Buster Keaton
56 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A financially desperate broker learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries before seven that evening. His hurried explanation ruins a…
Collection no. #123123 minThe Goat
Buster Keaton
23 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
An accidental photograph puts Buster's face on a wanted poster meant for a murderer. Unaware of the substitution, he moves from one misunderstanding…
Collection no. #125121 minConvict 13
Edward F. Cline
21 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A disastrous round of golf leaves Buster unconscious and gives an escaped convict the chance to exchange clothes with him. Mistaken for a condemned…
Collection no. #131322 minThe Electric House
Buster Keaton
22 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A botany graduate accidentally acquires an engineering diploma and accepts a job modernizing a house. His ingenious domestic gadgets attract the…
Collection no. #136219 minThe Scarecrow
Edward F. Cline
19 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Two farmhands compete for the farmer's daughter while sharing an ingeniously arranged home. A dog chase leaves one of them borrowing a scarecrow's…
Collection no. #138123 minThe Love Nest
Buster Keaton
23 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Heartbroken, Buster leaves home by boat and ends up aboard a whaling ship. A captain who throws troublesome crew members overboard makes his new job…
Collection no. #138618 minNeighbors
Edward F. Cline
18 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Two young lovers communicate across the fence separating their hostile families. Even legal permission to marry cannot settle the feud, so the boy…
Collection no. #141023 minThe Haunted House
Edward F. Cline
23 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A bank teller is mistaken for a robber and hides in a supposedly haunted house. Criminals have rigged the building with traps, but the arrival of…
Collection no. #144726 minThe Balloonatic
Buster Keaton
26 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A young man helping to prepare a balloon is carried away when it launches unexpectedly. Stranded in the countryside, he meets an experienced…