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1921·Comedy·24m
7.1
★
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
Directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
backstage
silent film
short film
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Cast

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Orangutan Trainer (uncredited)
Virginia Fox
Virginia Fox
Twin (uncredited)
Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy
One of the Zouaves (uncredited)
Joe Roberts
Joe Roberts
Actor / Stage Manager (uncredited)
Sybil Seely
Sybil Seely
Twin (uncredited)

Crew

Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Director
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Director
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Writer
Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Writer

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51 reviews
Yunhosites
Yunhosites
6.0★ · 03/06/26
The Play House
Multitask king👏
Multitask king👏
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leonie
leonie
The Play House
i am crushing sm, it is not funny anymore
i am crushing sm, it is not funny anymore
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Eurydice
Eurydice
7.0★ · 12/25/25
The Play House
Buster Keaton is everyone and everyone is Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton is everyone and everyone is Buster Keaton
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Anto_bdlt
Anto_bdlt
8.0★ · 12/25/25
The Play House
J’ai pas de vanne
J’ai pas de vanne
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Ben Lossie
Ben Lossie
6.3★ · 10/16/25
The Play House
Why’s Keaton lowkey getting arty–farty with this one✌️ the dream opening sequence was so cool– a world where everyone was basically Buster Keaton, seems like the perfect world to me…

Buster Keaton Ranked
Why’s Keaton lowkey getting arty–farty with this one✌️ the dream opening sequence was so cool– a world where everyone was basically Buster Keaton, seems like the perfect world to me…

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