One Week (1920)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Directors:

Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton

Writers:

Edward F. Cline (screenplay)
Edward F. Cline (story)

Release Date:

1 September 1920 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy

Plot:

Buster and Sybil exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week...

Plot Keywords:

Time In Title | Time As Title | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Buster Keaton	...	The Groom
Sybil Seely	...	The Bride
Joe Roberts	...	Piano Mover

Runtime:

19 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Congregational Sunday School, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Trivia:

This was Buster Keaton's first film appearance without Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Buster climbs onto the roof, the ladder is leaning against the front of the house, but when he climbs back down, it's leaning against the side of the house.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)

the house that Buster built

An early Buster Keaton short which still has an enormous amount of charm all these years later, and which has plenty of laughs throughout its running time.

First there's a wedding, and the newlyweds almost don't make it to their wedding night; and then there is the portable house they have to start from scratch! Of course this means the house looks wrong, it falls down, lots of stunts and scenes are set up to make the audience gasp and chuckle, and so on.

'One Week' is a really fun film and one which is timeless. Keaton would make many more shorts and his great feature-length movies were yet to come, but this is charming snapshot of what was to come.