One Week (1920 film)

One Week
October 1920 advertisement in Motion Picture News
Directed byBuster Keaton
Edward F. Cline
Written byEdward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
Starring
CinematographyElgin Lessley
Edited byBuster Keaton
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1920 (1920-09-01)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

One Week is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, the first independent film production he released on his own. The film was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline, and runs for 19 minutes. Sybil Seely co-stars. The film contains a large number of innovative visual gags largely pertaining to either the house or to ladders.

In 2008, One Week was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1][2]

  1. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (December 30, 2008). "'Terminator' joins Film Registry". Variety.
  2. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 7, 2020.