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UNITED STATES · 1921

The Playhouse

Buster Keaton
Classical Hollywood dream sequences mistaken identity slapstick comedy theatrical performance chaos and destruction
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Synopsis

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.

Year1921
CountryUnited States
DirectorBuster Keaton
MovementClassical Hollywood
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