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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1410

The Haunted House

192121 minUnited States

Comedy Horror Crime

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 23:45
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton · Public domain

Synopsis

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 costumed actors makes even the conspirators fear its ghosts.

Cast

Buster Keaton

Virginia Fox

Joe Keaton

Joe Roberts

Edward F. Cline

DirectorsEdward F. Cline Buster Keaton

Behind the scenes

Keaton and Edward F. Cline combine a crime plot with theatrical illusion. A sticky mishap at the bank introduces the mechanical obstacles that multiply inside the house.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Buster Keaton — Unknown author · Public domain
Virginia Fox — Unknown photographer; The Blacksmith (1922); J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, University of Washington Libraries, SAYRE 657 / Wikimedia Commons. Prior crop by Commons contributors. · Public domain in the United States (PD-US-expired)
Joe Keaton — Nyvall, N.Y.; Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Buster Keaton scrapbook http://digitalcollections.oscars.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15759coll8/id/351 · Public domain
Joe Roberts — Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research · Public domain
Edward F. Cline — Evans (L.A.); Motion Picture News (Mar. - Jun. 1920) at the Internet Archive · Public domain

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