Three Ages
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set…
The Love Nest
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at the sea when he’s caught by pirates.
The Balloonatic
Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as…
The Frozen North
This satirical parody of William S. Hart’s melodramatic films finds Buster in the frozen north, “last stop on the subway.” He uses a wanted poster as his partner in robbing…
The Electric House
Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home.
Day Dreams
In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes…
The Play House
After waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
The Paleface
A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white…
Hard Luck
A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures,…
The Haunted House
A bank teller who becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
The Boat
A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, ‘The Damfino’.
The Scarecrow
Neighbors
The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia’s families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.