The Rough House

A vast, fast and exciting comedy

The Rough House — Plot

Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the charming delivery boy. As one thing leads to another, Mr Rough ends up preparing dinner for a pair of duplicitous guests, when, clearly, he should be staying out of the kitchen. Does Mrs Rough know the visitors' true intentions? But, above all, how will this disastrous dinner party at the Rough house end?

• Release date
• June 25, 1917
• Runtime
• 20 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Buster Keaton

The Rough House — Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle Mr. Rough Al St. John Cook Buster Keaton Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop Alice Lake Mrs. Rough

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Agnes Neilson Mother-in-Law Glen Cavender Josephine Stevens Maid