Viewed January 21, 2006
Coney Island is a much stronger entry in the Arbuckle / Keaton canon than the previous lightweight, The Rough House, but still lacks the cohesion that marked their first collaboration, The Butcher Boy.
For one thing, Arbuckle comes off as less sympathetic here than in the earlier film. In The Butcher Boy, […]
Viewed January 14, 2006
After watching The Butcher Boy (1917) last week, I was really in the mood to keep going through the Arbuckle/Keaton canon, so I decided to institute (at least for the time being) “Silent Short Saturday”. So, unless something more important comes along, I’ll watch one of these shorts (in chronological […]
Viewed January 6, 2006
The Butcher Boy stars silent screen legend Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and marks the screen debut of Buster Keaton, who would eventually far eclipse his friend in both popularity and influence. Already a popular vaudville star when he met Arbuckle, Keaton became immediately fascinated with the world of film and agreed […]