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The Home Owner

Nov 9, 1961 · 22m
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A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their virtues while Buster is constantly pursuing a sexy-looking blonde. After buying a home, Buster proceeds to wreak havoc in the community. He falls into another resident's pool with a shopping cart full of purchases from S. S. Kresge's, knocks over an unassuming waiter with a bowling ball at the local lanes and tries his hand at being a waiter a ritzy restaurant. The construction of the new hospital and golf course are then discussed, and the films ends with a panoramic view of the model tract homes.

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CAST

Buster Keaton
The Home Owner
Bob Hawk
Narrator / Realtor
John F. Long
Man in Bowling Alley
Directed by Joe Parker

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Country
US

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