This short film from the 20s is really fun and funny. I saw it tonight as part of a Roaring 20s night at the local museum. They even had live piano accompaniment which added to the whole experience.

It starts with Keaton and his new bride leaving the church. They are driven to the site of their future home by the bride’s jilted ex who is a recurring character. Keaton’s uncle has gifted them a kit for a new house and they build it together with lots of mishaps.

The jilted ex switches the numbers on the boxes and the house turns out very odd with sideways windows, sagging off-kilter roof and the front door on the 2nd floor. The house warming party is a disaster with a leaking roof and the house spinning in the wind.

In the end they discover that the house is on the wrong lot and they try to move it across the railroad tracks (cue ominous music) by themselves. I’m sure you can guess what happens when the house gets stuck on the tracks…