The Play House

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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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Credits

director

Edward F. Cline

producer

Joseph M. Schenck

writer

Buster Keaton

Duration

24:00

Production places

United States of America

Production dates

1921

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-51362

Language

English

Collected

54 times

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United States of America, 1921