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Quick Info

Rating

7.9/10

Release1920

Runtime0h 25m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Movie

One Week

1920

0h 25m

7.9

Comedy

Synopsis

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

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