Buster Keaton: The Playhouse

Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts

Silent 22 mins B&W 1920

The opening scene, a dream sequence prior to the vaudeville routines which follow, is what makes this film famous. In it Keaton plays everyone in a theatre simultaneously (through multiple exposures). He is the band leader, all its members, the dancers on the stage and everyone in the audience. A technical triumph.