Viewed April 8, 2006
Good Night, Nurse! is a somewhat wackier entry in the Arbuckle / Keaton canon. It’s story is looser than other entries, but it piles on the jokes and slapstick enough to make up for that.
It all starts with an extreme scene of Arbuckle trying to light a cigarette in a massive […]
Viewed March 25, 2006
Moonshine is a return to top form for the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle / Buster Keaton team. It breaks free from the conventions that most of their pairings have been hampered by and provides a wonderful experience.
Arbuckle and Keaton play a pair of Revenue Agents out to catch moonshiners in the hills. […]
Viewed February 4, 2006
The Bell Boy is another case of a Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle short with too little meat on its bones. But the performances are at least strong and the comedy lively.
The basic sructure of The Bell Boy is the wacky goings-on at a hotel. Caught in the middle of it all […]
Viewed January 28, 2006
Out West is a much stronger entry than the last couple of Arbuckle/Keaton shorts. A parody of westerns (naturally), it successfully tells its short tale without letting the jokes fall by the wayside.
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle still hasn’t recaptured the positive nature that he displayed in The Butcher Boy, but he’s at […]