#the electric house
In 1920, Buster Keaton suffered a broken ankle filming a sequence with the moving staircase he built for The Electric House. Production was stopped while he recovered, and the movie was restarted from scratch in 1922. No footage from the original production is known to survive.
Sorry, but we’re going to do an ‘Actually…“
Actually it was not a broken ankle but very badly torn tendons/ligaments however the injury did require a cast & weeks of rest.
Pictured here with parents, Myra & Joe.
In 1920, Buster Keaton suffered a broken ankle filming a sequence with the moving staircase he built for The Electric House. Production was stopped while he recovered, and the movie was restarted from scratch in 1922. No footage from the original production is known to survive.
Torn tendons in that ankle, rather than a break. Still weeks of recovery in a cast.
