A former child vaudeville star, Buster Keaton moved into movies in 1917 with an appearance in Roscoe Fatty Arbuckel's, The Butcher Boy. Within three years Buster was a star in his own right.

Neighbors (1920)
Romeo and Juliet given an update and set in a tenement neighbourhood where Buster and Virginia's family fight over the fence separating their respective buildings.

One Week (1920)
Newlyweds Buster and Sybil have been given a portable house as a wedding gift. It is the type of house you can build within a week if you have all of the right parts, but Buster's rival for Sybil has switched all of the crate numbers.

The Boat (1921)
Buster builds a boat, The Damfino, in the basement of his house. The boat is too big to fit through the door, resulting in the collapse of the house when he drives off. Will the boat float or sink on its maiden voyage...

The Electric House (1922)
Although Buster is majoring in botany, he graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire up a new home, complete with lots of fanciful gadgets. The real electrical engineering graduate gets his revenge by rewiring the house.