One Week

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One Week is a 1920 silent short comedy film starring Buster Keaton, famous for its inventive physical gags about a newlywed couple attempting to assemble a do-it-yourself house.

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One Week canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
silent short comedy film
slapstick comedy film
cinematographyBy Elgin Lessley
countryOfOrigin United States
director Buster Keaton
Edward F. Cline
distributor Metro Pictures
era silent film era
featuresActor Buster Keaton
Joe Roberts
Sybil Seely
featuresCharacterType newlywed couple
hasAlternateFormat Blu-ray release
DVD release
home video release
hasFilmTechnique physical comedy
sight gags
stunt work performed by Buster Keaton
hasGenre comedy film
short film
slapstick
hasMainTheme married life difficulties
technology and modernity causing chaos
hasScene house is struck by a train
house spins on its foundation during a storm
notableFor early example of Buster Keaton’s solo starring shorts
inventive physical gags involving a collapsing and rotating house
originalLanguage Silent film
partOf Buster Keaton filmography
plotSummary A newlywed couple attempts to assemble a do-it-yourself prefabricated house with disastrous and comic results.
preservationStatus survives in multiple archival prints
producer Joseph M. Schenck
productionCompany Buster Keaton Productions
recognizedAs classic of silent film comedy
releaseDate 1920-09-01
releaseYear 1920
runtimeMinutes 25
setIn rural United States
starring Buster Keaton
Sybil Seely
writtenBy Buster Keaton
Edward F. Cline

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Buster Keaton notableWork One Week
Joe Roberts notableWork One Week
Sybil Seely notableWork One Week
Joseph Frank Keaton workedOn One Week
Stunt notableWork One Week
Stunt mainSubject One Week
Edward F. Cline directed One Week