A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2013 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Roscoe Arbuckle (center), Molly Malone and Buster     Keaton (third from right).     Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle (Roscoe Arbuckle) [stagehand], Buster Keaton [stagehand], Al St. John [stagehand], Molly Malone [the strongman’s assistant], John Coogan [a dancer]

Comique Film Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (Paramount Pictures Corporation). / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Jean Havez. / © 20 August 1919 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP14114]. Released 7 September 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Color-tinted. / The production was shot at the Comique studio in Edendale [Los Angeles], California. Keaton’s first film with Arbuckle after his war service. Reputed to be the first comedy with color tints.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture World, 20 December 1919, page 1013] Burlesque of stage life. Roscoe and Buster do a dance together.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Listing updated: 6 April 2010.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Dardis-Keaton pp. 56, 287; Edmonds-Arbuckle pp. 146e, 146f, 265; Kerr-Silent p. 124; Miller-Comedies p. 16.

Home video: DVD.