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Classic Hollywood

The Playhouse

24m

Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1921 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton

Twenty-plus Buster Keatons play every role in a surreal variety show—and that’s just the beginning!

Please be advised: this film contains blackface.

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