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The Electric House (1922)

The Electric House poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
23 min
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college graduate with a degree in electricity mislabels his diploma as botany. He then tries to install an array of modern gadgets in a house for a wealthy family. The result is a series of mishaps with the high-tech appliances.

playfulslapstickwhimsicallightheartedinventivechaoticfast-pacedphysical

What happens

The Electric House is a 1922 American short comedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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