Ditto (1937 film)

1937 film

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Ditto

Directed by| Charles Lamont
Written by| Paul Gerard Smith
Produced by| E. H. Allen
E. W. Hammons
Starring| Buster Keaton
Cinematography| Dwight Warren

Release date

* February 12, 1937 (1937-02-12)

Running time

| 17 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Ditto is a 1937 American short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton. The film's copyright was renewed in 1964, and the work will enter the public domain in 2033.[1]

## Plot

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Buster Keaton plays a delivery man who falls in love with one of his customers. Little does he know, though, that her twin lives right next door. The final sight gag, set in Canada fifteen years later, is a visual reference to the Dionne quintuplets, who are first-name checked on the back of camp chairs in which five supposedly identical women are sitting.

## Cast

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* Buster Keaton as The Forgotten Man
* Gloria Brewster as Housewife
* Barbara Brewster as Housewife's twin sister
* Harold Goodwin as Hank
* Lynton Brent as Bill
* Al Thompson
* Robert Ellsworth

## References

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1. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Library of Congress. 1964.

## External links

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* Ditto at IMDb
* Ditto at the International Buster Keaton Society

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