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Auction History Result 8r179 PLAYHOUSE LC 1921 Stoneface Buster Keaton w/pretty twin sisters, his best short, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Playhouse (also known as "The Play House"), the 1921 Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton silent fantasy slapstick comedy short (about a man who works as a stagehand in a playhouse; the long opening of the movie shows the performance of a play where every single actor is Buster Keaton, and so are the people who work at the theater; this is revealed to be a dream of the stagehand, but then the rest of the movie is almost as inventive, with all the actors at the real playhouse quitting, and Buster and the few remaining workers must take all the parts, and there is a pair of pretty twin sisters, and Buster wants romance with them, but he can't tell them apart) starring Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Joe Murphy, and Joe Roberts. Note that this is a most unusual Buster Keaton comedy short, completely unlike his others. It has few actors and almost none of the physical comedy Keaton was famous for. That is because he was needing to let his broken ankle heal (broken in his last film), so he had to come up with a different sort of comedy. Part of that new comedy involved a special film process that allowed Keaton to be filmed over and over within the same scene, allowing many of him to be seen on camera at the same time. This was so completely Buster Keaton's work that he took onscreen credit for everything done in the movie, and he even left all the other actors uncredited! Many people consider this Buster Keaton's finest comedy short, and it was certainly far ahead of its time. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1921 movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned even a single movie paper item from this movie until we received this lobby card! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: good to very good. There are some tiny marks in the girl at right's face and to the left and right of that area, and that may be a minor printing defect. There is a pinhole in each blank corner and a pinhole in the right of the bottom blank border, as well as some faint smudges around the edges. There are two tiny dot stains in the upper left blank border. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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