The Rough House
AKA {A Rough House}
(1917) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle

Cast: Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle (Roscoe Arbuckle) [Mr. Rough], Al St. John [the cook], Buster Keaton [gardener; delivery boy; policeman], Alice Lake [Mrs. Rough], Agnes Neilson [mother-in-law], Glen Cavender, Josephine Stevens

Comique Film Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Roscoe Arbuckle, from a story by Joe Roach. Scenario editor Herbert Warren. Cinematography by Frank D. Williams. / © 20 June 1917 by Comique Film Corporation [LP10972]. Released 25 June 1917. Paramount-Arbuckle Comedy number A-3103. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot at the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation studio in New York, New York.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Motion Picture World, 16 June 1917, page 1809] : Mr. & Mrs. Rough live happily in a house by the sea until Mrs. Rough’s mother arrives and stays for a few weeks. Mother-in-law immediately begins to disturb the tranquility of the household. Also includes a cabaret scene and a conflagration in a bedroom.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Fans: Electric

Listing updated: 26 July 2007.

References: FIlm credits, film viewing : Dardis-Keaton pp. 285-286; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 261; Kerr-Silent p. 126.

Home Video: DVD.