The Electric House

The Electric House
Lobby card for The Electric House
Directed by	Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline
Written by	Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck
Starring	Buster Keaton
Cinematography	Elgin Lessley
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	October 16, 1922 (1922-10-16)
Running time	22 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Electric House

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

External links

• The Electric House at IMDb
• The short film The Electric House is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• The Electric House at the International Buster Keaton Society