Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This is a 1922 movie which also runs for roughly 22 minutes. Buster was in his mid-20s here and this was already at the end of his silent short film career. Once again he collaborated with Eddie Cline and was director, writer and lead actor. The supporting actors are Joe are Virginia Fox and Joe Roberts. These two worked with Leaton on several occasions as well. just like these several family members that Keaton cast in very minor roles.Our hero is instructed to install new electrical equipment in a millionaire's house while he isn't on holidays. When he returns, everything is ready, but basically nothing is working properly. Almost all the jokes here deal with malfunctions of mechanical applications, such as a swimming pool, an escalator, a model railway etc. But it wasn't really funny and some of it also became a bit repetitive such as the escalator scenes. The only really funny moment I thought was at the end when the millionaire's daughter lets out the water and the millionaire is so angry that he lets it in again. Oh yeah.. the daughter in here delivers the romance aspect, but it's almost non-existent in this film compared to other silent classics. The (attempted) suicide scene is a fine example of what Keaton made different from other silent film stars. There is always some real tragedy to his characters, even if it's still somewhat funny. It's good. It fits his physical appearance I would say. All in all, however, I would not recommend watching this one. Not one of Stoneface's finest.

calvinnme Graduation day at P.U. finds Buster Keaton's character graduating with a degree in botany. He is seated next to a girl graduating with a degree in cosmetology and a man with a degree in electrical engineering. The dean (Big Joe Roberts) asks for someone to take on the job of wiring his house for electricity while he is away on vacation. Just prior to this the diplomas get scrambled and Keaton winds up with the engineering one. Thus, the job winds up going to him. The dean drives away from his home with Keaton sitting at the curb diligently reading "Electricity Made Easy". When the dean returns Keaton has wired the house in only a way that Buster could devise making heavy use of automated trains - Keaton's favorite prop. The plot is complicated when the guy with the actual engineering degree shows up at the dean's house in search of revenge.Buster always said that if he hadn't been a comedian he would have liked to have been an engineer, and shorts like this one show he had a real talent for both. Highly recommended.

Ron Oliver A BUSTER KEATON Silent Short.THE ELECTRIC HOUSE Buster has just retrofitted with modern appliances is about to have a chaotic debut when some wires get crossed...One sight gag after another keeps this wonderful little film humming along. All of Buster's gadgets are funny when they operate correctly - they slip over the line into hilarity when things go wrong. Highlight: Buster trying to beat an obstinate escalator.Born into a family of Vaudevillian acrobats, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) mastered physical comedy at a very early age. An association with Fatty Arbuckle led to a series of highly imaginative short subjects and classic, silent feature-length films - all from 1920 to 1928. Writer, director, star & stuntman - Buster could do it all and his intuitive genius gave him almost miraculous knowledge as to the intricacies of film making and of what it took to please an audience. More akin to Fairbanks than Chaplin, Buster's films were full of splendid adventure, exciting derring-do and the most dangerous physical stunts imaginable. His theme of a little man against the world, who triumphs through bravery & ingenuity, dominates his films. Through every calamity & disaster, Buster remained the Great Stone Face, a stoic survivor in a universe gone mad.In the late 1920's Buster was betrayed by his manager/brother-in-law and his contract was sold to MGM, which proceeded to nearly destroy his career. Teamed initially with Jimmy Durante and eventually allowed small roles in mediocre comedies, Buster was for 35 years consistently given work far beneath his talent. Finally, before lung cancer took him at age 70, he had the satisfaction of knowing that his classic films were being rediscovered. Now, well past his centenary, Buster Keaton is routinely recognized & appreciated as one of cinema's true authentic geniuses. And he knew how to make people laugh...

Snow Leopard A lot of Keaton's comedies feature a scene or two filled with creative and wacky gadgets that make you laugh and make you marvel at his inventiveness, all at the same time. This short comedy is entirely devoted to this kind of eccentric gadgetry, and while that means there isn't much of a plot, it's fun to watch. There's a subtle, funny mix-up at the beginning that results in Buster being entrusted with filling up a man's house with whatever electronic devices he can think of, and he really goes to it. "The Electric House" is a funny place to visit.