She's Oil Mine is the last short subject American comedian Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures. Keaton made a total of 10 films for the studio between 1939 and 1941.

Plot

Keaton and Monte Collins appear as Waters and Piper, plumbers. During a busy day in their shop, an heiress (Elsie Ames) flees from a persistent suitor (Eddie Laughton). The jealous suitor challenges Keaton to a duel.

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Background

The film is a reworking of Keaton's 1932 feature The Passionate Plumber. The duel was also reworked in Keaton's 1947 French short Un Duel A Mort.

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After making 10 shorts for Columbia, Keaton chose not to renew his contract and opted for supporting roles in feature films. Columbia continued to offer the Keaton comedies to theaters well into the 1960s.

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External links

She's Oil Mine at the International Buster Keaton Society

1941 films

1941 comedy films

Columbia Pictures short films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Jules White

American comedy short films

1940s English-language films

1940s American films