Love Nest on Wheels (1937)

Love Nest on Wheels is a 1937 short film by Educational Pictures, co-directed by Buster Keaton and Charles Lamont. It tells the story of Buster, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies running a hotel, as he tries to secure funds to prevent the hotel’s foreclosure.

This film draws inspiration from Keaton’s earlier work, The Bell Boy (1918). Notably, this film features Buster Keaton appearing onscreen with his family, with whom he had a history of performing in vaudeville.

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Cast

• Buster Keaton as Elmer
• Myra Keaton as Elmer’s Ma
• Al St. John as Uncle Jed
• Lynton Brent as The Bridegroom
• Diana Lewis as The Bride
• Bud Jamison as The Mortgage Holder
• Louise Keaton as Elmer’s Sis
• Harry Keaton as Elmer’s Brother

Love Nest on Wheels (1937) – Story line

Elmer’s family hotel faces foreclosure unless they pay their mortgage by day’s end. A newlywed couple arrives, unimpressed by the run-down lodgings. Elmer persuades them to buy his trailer for a mobile honeymoon. But inside, a cow Uncle Jed housed is now stuck! As the bank comes to shut them down, the family frees the heifer and sells her with the trailer, just making their mortgage deadline.