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| Genre/Form: | Short films Comedy films Silent films Drama |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bret Wood; Joseph M Schenck; Roscoe Arbuckle; Buster Keaton; John Coogan; Comique Film Corporation.; Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927); Kino International Corporation. |
| OCLC Number: | 46851350 |
| Language Note: | Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as motion pictures between 1917 and 1919. Digitally remastered versions. |
| Credits: | Music composed and performed by The Alloy Orchestra. |
| Cast: | Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, John Coogan. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (125 min.) : si., col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD. |
| Contents: | The bell boy (1918, 33 min.) -- The butcher boy (1917, 30 min.) -- Out West (1918, 25 min.) -- Moonshine (1918, 23 min.) -- The hayseed (1919, 27 min.). |
| Other Titles: | Bell boy. Butcher boy. Out West. Moonshine. Hayseed. Arbuckle and Keaton. Original Comique/Paramount shorts, 1917-1920 |
| Responsibility: | a Comique/Paramount release ; Kino International Corp. ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; producer, Joseph M. Schenck ; director, Roscoe Arbuckle. |
Abstract:
[Butcher boy] Contains Arbuckle's famous "knife juggling" bit, Keaton's first film appearance in his classic "can of molasses" routine, and Arbuckle romping around in drag at an all girl private school.
[Out West] Arbuckle's first attempt at movie parody, poking fun at the already cliched cowboy western. The film also contains some heavy racism.
[Moonshine] A parody of Arbuckle's own freewheeling comedy style, filled with inside jokes. After defeating the hillbilly mountaineers, Arbuckle and Keaton conclude the film with a stinging parody of rival Charlie Chaplin's "losing the girl" pathos-type endings.
[Hayseed] Notable for being the only Arbuckle Comique film in which Buster Keaton -- later known as "The Great Stone Face"--Does not either laugh or smile on screen. Also features the trick dance comedian John Coogan, child star Jackie Coogan's father.
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