Arbuckle & Keaton. Vol. 1 / a Comique/Paramount release ; Kino International Corp. ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; producer, Joseph M. Schenck ; director, Roscoe Arbuckle.

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[Bell boy] Arbuckle and Keaton as bellboys at a small town hotel, which they eventually completely wreck. Features Arbuckle's classic "shaving routine," where he progressively turns a Rasputin-like character into General Grant, Abraham Lincoln and then into the Kaiser. [Butcher boy] Contains Arbuckl...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Comique Film Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Wood, Bret
Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961
Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
Coogan, John
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Published: New York, NY : Kino International, 2001.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Bellhops > Drama.
Impersonation > Drama.
Cowboys > Drama.
Short films.
Short films > United States.
Comedy films.
Silent films.
Silent films > United States.
Drama.
Bellhops.
Cowboys.
Impersonation.
Genre:
Drama.
Short films.
Short films
Comedy films.
Silent films.
Silent films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (125 min.) : silent, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Arbuckle and Keaton.
Original Comique/Paramount shorts, 1917-1920.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
[Bell boy] Arbuckle and Keaton as bellboys at a small town hotel, which they eventually completely wreck. Features Arbuckle's classic "shaving routine," where he progressively turns a Rasputin-like character into General Grant, Abraham Lincoln and then into the Kaiser.
[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.
Note:Originally produced as motion pictures between 1917 and 1919.
Digitally remastered versions.
Videorecording.
Call Number:9W9 D0000090 VideoDVD
Credits:Music composed and performed by The Alloy Orchestra.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, John Coogan.