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The Electric House

  • 1922
  • TV-G
  • 23min
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Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox in The Electric House (1922)
ComediaCortoSlapstick

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaAfter being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.After being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.After being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.

  • Dirección
    • Edward F. Cline
    • Buster Keaton
  • Guionistas
    • Buster Keaton
    • Edward F. Cline
    • Jeffrey Vance
  • Elenco
    • Buster Keaton
    • Virginia Fox
    • Joe Keaton
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    7.2/10
    3.3 k
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Edward F. Cline
      • Buster Keaton
    • Guionistas
      • Buster Keaton
      • Edward F. Cline
      • Jeffrey Vance
    • Elenco
      • Buster Keaton
      • Virginia Fox
      • Joe Keaton
    • 20Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 11Opiniones de los críticos
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    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    • Buster
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    Virginia Fox
    Virginia Fox
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    Joe Keaton
    • Buster's Father in Prologue
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    Louise Keaton
    • Buster's Sister in Prologue
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    • Real Electrical Engineer
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    Joe Roberts
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    • Dirección
      • Edward F. Cline
      • Buster Keaton
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      • Buster Keaton
      • Edward F. Cline
      • Jeffrey Vance
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    6ackstasis

    I wish that Buster Keaton had engineered my house

    In addition to the remarkable stunt-work that makes his films unique, Buster Keaton often employed the odd mechanical gadget, and there's certainly much amusement to be found in his technical creativity. 'The Electric House' is a 20-minute short film that dedicates itself entirely to Keaton's gadgets, as a young botany graduate is mistakenly hired as an electrical engineer to wire up a new home. After perusing a book entitled "Electricity Made Easy," Keaton develops a selection of clever and useful household contraptions, including an escalator, a railway system that delivers food to the dinner table, a quick-emptying and re-filling outdoor pool and a self-operating billiards table. Some of the mechanical devices don't quite work as planned, but generally Keaton has done a fair job, and he has certainly invented a few mechanisms that I wouldn't mind having in my own home (assuming, of course, that they operated as they were supposed to).

    However, the begrudging electrical engineering graduate who missed out on the job arrives at the new electric house to wreak havoc and achieve his revenge. From the moment he starts moving about wires, the contraptions inside the home begin to go crazy, and poor Keaton is completely at their mercy, unable to understand why his inventions have gone haywire. Of course, there are a few gags that don't quite work {such as Keaton thinking he's seen a ghost}, and the editing is a little choppy at times, but it's all in such good fun that you won't feel disappointed. A lot of amusement is derived from something as simple as an escalator {which was then a relatively new invention, only 25 years or so years old}, with Keaton, in one particularly funny sequence, trying to haul a bulky suitcase up the "stairs" and bafflingly wondering why he's making such little progress.

    As the hapless hero, Keaton takes his fair share of beatings from the mechanical devices {in fact, production had to be delayed because he broke his ankle after it got caught in the escalator}, but the other members of the household don't escape unscathed. Joe Roberts plays the disgruntled homeowner whose house is equipped with mischievous gadgetry, and he gets acquainted with the property's swimming pool on at least two entertaining occasions. Though Keaton has certainly done funnier comedic shorts, 'The Electric House (1922)' is an amusing way to pass 20 minutes, and the star's undeniable enthusiasm for slapstick comedy makes his work always worth a watch.
    8motta80-2

    Not his funniest, but technically astounding

    What makes The Electric House such a must-see Keaton short is curiously not the showcasing of the great man himself but that of the technical prowess of his technical director Fred Gabourie. Gabourie had built The Boat and worked with Keaton since 1920's One Week, which was the one with the ingenious portable house, and he would progress with Keaton from the shorts to the features. But never were the technical gadgets Keaton used and Gabourie had to make work practically better displayed than in The Electric House. Keaton really lets Gabourie's gadgets take centre stage here and it is a chance to marvel at a master at work.

    In a strange way it's almost too brilliant because the laughs don't really play as well. Whereas in One Week or The Boat the gadgets and physical comedy worked in perfect harmony in The Electric House Keaton lets the film get a bit bogged down in watching the gadgets at work.

    Nevertheless in these days of CGI and visual cheats it is stunning to see these practical effects in full flow. Gabourie was clearly a genius, one whose name deserves to be held in the same light as practical effects masters like Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen and Stan Winston.
    8Polaris_DiB

    "And as it turns out, electrical engineering happened to be quite a talent of his."

    A wonderfully inventive companion piece to The Scarecrow, this mechanical comedy by Keaton often makes me wonder if it isn't possible to go back in time and hire Keaton to design a house for me.

    Due to a mix-up of diplomas, the young hair-stylist character of Keaton is asked to wire a mansion with electricity. Spending a moment with a book on "Wiring Made Easy" and the mansion owner's vacation time, Keaton devises escalators, train-propelled dishwashers, and all the neat little gadgets and tricks that "surprise" them (whether or not any of these flourishes are needed, of course, adds its own amount of humor to the equation).

    Of course it's not like we can have everything just go well like that, so the rejected and jealous actual electrical engineer decides one fateful day to wreak vengeance upon the circuitry. It's then a trip of mayhap and mayhem as the hosting family tries to entertain guests, Keaton tries to figure out what's wrong, and bodies, dishes, and pool balls go flying amiss.

    The appealing result is a good chuckle. It's definitely not as amazingly inventive as The Scarecrow (which is absolutely mind-boggling in its mechanical genius), but it does the job and does it well. It also doesn't really end the way you come to expect of Keaton. All in all, however, it's a pretty good time.

    --PolarisDiB
    7SendiTolver

    Buster, the Electrician

    Buster Keaton stars as botany major who is mistaken as electrical engineer, and who is hired to wire up a house with the newest gadgets, while the owner of the house is on a vacation with his family. After returning home Buster starts to familiarize the house owners with new gadgets. But then Buster's big rival, the guy who got robbed of his job, arrives and starts to sabotage the house, and soon the chaos escalates.

    Most of the gags feature some of the electrical gadgets, rather than neck breaking stunts, but still the film is funny as the jokes are as inventive as the electrical systems of the house.
    Snow Leopard

    Gadgets Galore & Lots of Fun

    A lot of Keaton's comedies feature a scene or two filled with creative and wacky gadgets that make you laugh and make you marvel at his inventiveness, all at the same time. This short comedy is entirely devoted to this kind of eccentric gadgetry, and while that means there isn't much of a plot, it's fun to watch. There's a subtle, funny mix-up at the beginning that results in Buster being entrusted with filling up a man's house with whatever electronic devices he can think of, and he really goes to it. "The Electric House" is a funny place to visit.

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    • Trivia
      Filming was delayed when star Buster Keaton got his foot caught in the escalator and broke his ankle. During his recovery, Keaton released his previously shelved film, The High Sign (1921), and filmed The Play House (1921). Upon his return to this short, he abandoned his original footage and started fresh. Little is known about the first version, and no scenes are known to still exist.
    • Versiones alternativas
      In 1995, Film Preservation Associates copyrighted a version with new titles by Jeffrey Vance and a music soundtrack arranged by Robert Israel. The running time was 24 minutes.
    • Conexiones
      Edited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979)

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 16 de octubre de 1922 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idiomas
      • Ninguno
      • Inglés
    • También se conoce como
      • The Electrical House
    • Productora
      • First National Pictures
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      23 minutos
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Mezcla de sonido
      • Silent
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.33 : 1

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