Fattys faithful fido fatty arbuckle silent a keystone comedy mack sennett. In lukes third film, fattys faithful fido, released just two months after mabel and fattys wash day. Overview of fatty s faithful fido, 1915, directed by roscoe fatty arbuckle, with minta durfee, roscoe fatty arbuckle, leo white, at turner classic movies. Timmy robinsons best friend in the whole wide world is a sixfoot tall rotting zombie named fido. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Mabels blundermabel normand1914 keystone comedy with 1915 fotoplayer soundtrack duration. The faithful city film the faithful city 15 january 1952. Silent comedy film fattys chance acquaintance 1915 with intertitles in. Dog names ending in do popular male and female names wag. Minta durfee actor or actress tv and movie credits information. Of the shorts, 12 are chaplin, are arbuckle, while we also see the film debut of w.
Login to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. The silent movie, from the keystone film company, has no onscreen cast and crew credits. Fatty joins the force fatty s spooning day fatty s suitless day the speed kings love a flirt s mistake the knockout leading lizzie astray fatty and mabel fatty and mabel s simple life fatty s chance aquainta. Fattys faithful fido 1915 fattys faithful fido 1915. A painfully bad example of this trope with the owner of a chinese laundry in fatty s faithful fido.
Fatty s girlfriend has been kidnapped by four bad men and only luke can save her. The silent movie, from the keystone film company, has no onscreen. This four disc set is a great tribute to one of the greats of silent comedy, roscoe fatty arbuckle. Luke the dog 191926 was a staffordshire bull terrier that performed as a recurring character in american silent comedy shorts between 1914 and 1920. Fatty roscoe arbuckle visits his girl minta durfee at the swift footers athletic club where preparations are underway for a dance. In 1920, the saphead was released, in which keaton had his first starring role in a fulllength feature. The six films aired last night were fattys faithful fido, fattys new role, fattys plucky pup, fattys tintype tangle, mabel and fattys married life and mabel and fattys wash day, and as the titles of at least two of them suggest, they featured prominent roles for a mutt that became so popular that within a year sennett was. In lukes third film, fattys faithful fido, released just two months after mabel and fattys wash day, the success of his training and his remarkable athleticism are finally displayed to. John got his start in silent films around 1912 playing bit parts.
While watching this movie i was amazed at how it can still be enjoyable after all these years. American film actors, american comedians and actors from kansas contribute. The final fido we want to talk about is the pooch in the 1915 silent movie, fattys faithful fido. When sennett left keystone to form the triangle film corporation, he brought parrott along with him. In lukes third film, fattys faithful fido, released just two months after mabel and fattys. Many fatty arbuckle films featured him in a romantic pairing with either his reallife wife minta durfee, or keystone studios star mabel normand, both of whom were very attractive women. Has american silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter roscoe arbuckle died. Jan 12, 2014 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. A history of film comedy routines and gags by anthony balducci no. At the age of eight, with his mothers encouragement, he first performed on stage with. Minta durfee, lukes owner and wife of fatty arbuckle, 1915. The film almost wasnt completed, but they finally finished it by using woods younger sister as her standin.
The forgotten films of roscoe fatty arbuckle dvd video, 2005. That sounds like a promising film as described in the plot synopsis at imdb, but to get to it we have to suffer through some really bad comedy that has fatty as a complete moron burning. Fatty s faithful fido is an american, blackandwhite silent film from 1915, so this one is already over 100 years old. Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend cant stop snooping. Mabel and fatty s wash day fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition fatty and mabel s simple life fatty s new role fatty s faithful fido miss fatty s seaside lovers tintype tangle. Being a silent movie, the storyline is not easily described, but it was basically a story about two men fatty and al who both like the same woman. John is trying to steal minta durfee away from fatty, so he sics his dog luke on him. While lukes best film is fatty and mabel adrift though imdb does not list this film among lukes filmography, this is still a nice little film worth seeing.
This set covers arbuckles complete career, from the early keystone days, where arbuckle was learning the craft of making comic films and proceeds through. I dug out a multitape vhs keystone collection from the inner depths of my closet last night, and watched two 1915 shorts. Description screenshot from 1915 comedy short fatty s faithful fido showing luke the dog hanging from al st. Please note that this is a database of information on films produced in the silent era of world cinema. Jun 24, 2008 it always annoys me when reference works claim that arbuckle never appeared on film after 1921.
Most notable for being buster keatons film debut, this arbuckle two reeler. Translate fido in portuguese with contextual examples. Roscoe fatty arbuckle fattys faithful fido 1915 youtube. Help us build our profile of roscoe fatty arbuckle.
Fattys faithful fido 1915 out of 4 fatty and his bitter rival al st. These four discs are packed with hilarious content. Reallythis isnt just because i am a dog lover but because the dog was an excellent actorperhaps better than some of the other costars. This listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. This is not a listing of available exhibition prints or home video products, since we currently do not rent or sell either. Full text of moving picture world apr jun 1915 see other formats. After fatty sics his dog on him, al marks fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan. Fattys faithful fido keystone comedy march 20, 1915. It was based on a successful play, the new henrietta, which had already been filmed once, under the title the lamb, with douglas fairbanks playing the lead. Fattys faithful fido 1915 roscoe fatty arbuckle as youd expect from the title, fatty arbuckle gets to costar once more with probably my favourite keystone actor, luke the dog. Mabel and fatty s wash day fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition fatty and mabels simple life fatty s new role fatty s faithful fido miss fatty s seaside lovers tintype tangle. A car has been left for them to clean, but they destroy it instead.
The demon barber of fleet street 2007 film 5,551 words exact match in snippet view article murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his. Jones to essentially define the comical sidekick to cowboy heroes. Hes really been erased in the history books because of all the scandals. John get into a fight but fattys dog fido saves the day. In 1921, at the peak of success after signing a huge contract with paramount pictures, arbuckles career was ruined by a.
He has one very brief scene in that 1915 onereeler, receiving a few affectionate pats from mabel normand as she goes into her backyard to hang laundry. What was hilarious to audiences in 1915 spans time intact as to the laugh factor. At comique roscoe had complete creative control over his productions. Roscoe fatty arbuckle movies and filmography allmovie. Films of fatty arbuckle 1915 mabel and fatty s wash day fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition fatty and mabel s simple life. By 1914 roscoe had also directed some of his own onereelers. Included are 24 wonderful shorts many of which will have you roaring with laughter, fatty s full length feature film leap year, and both silent and sound films directed by fatty.
John in fattys faithful fido directed byfatty arbuckle produced bymack sennett starringfatty arbuckle release date march 14, 1915 running time minutes countryunited states languagesilent english intertitles fattys faithful fido is a 1915 short comedy film directed by and starring fatty arbuckle. Later in the evening the rival hires two thugs to jump fatty but the plan backfires. A a s amd amd s aol aol s aachen aachen s aaliyah aaliyah s aaron aaron s abbas abbas s abbasid abbasid s abbott abbott s abby abby s abdul abdul s abe abe s abel abel s abelard a. American silent film actor, comedian, director, and. Find films and movies featuring roscoe fatty arbuckle on allmovie. Gales international dictionary of film and filmmakers.
Keystone comedies 1 manufactured on demand, silent movie. He appeared in many successful comedy films with screen comedienne mabel norman d as his sidekick, with titles such as mabel, fatty and the law 1915, mabel and fattys wash day 1915. Silent film comedian roscoe fatty arbuckle was born roscoe conkling arbuckle in. Golden chance 1915 fox trot finesse 1915 fattys tintype tangle 1915 fattys reckless fling 1915 fattys plucky pup 1915 fattys new role 1915 fattys faithful fido 1915 fattys chance acquaintance 1915 fatty and mabels simple life 1915 fatty and mabels married life 1915 fatty and mabel at the san diego. Below is the ocr text representation for this newspapers page. But when fido eats the nextdoor neighbor, mom and dad hit the roof, and timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep fido a part of the family.
Fattys faithful fido film fattys faithful fido 19 march 1915. Fatty and luke the dog again, and its luke to the rescue. Johns necktie source screenshot from video copy of pre1923 film available for free public viewing on youtube. Presents the films of fatty arbuckle, the grownup fat boy of american silent cinema, who dominated silent film comedy from the. Some of those same sources state that minta and roscoe named their new pet after the tightfisted director, dubbing him luke as a familiar form of lucas the cited timing of the dogs birth in november 19 seems consistent with lukes physical appearance in his film debut in the short lovers luck, released in midseptember 1914 and completed.
Jan 12, 2014 the work, completed saturday morning, had quinault sea wall begun friday morning, also finished saturday jacobs said, 24 hours after morning was work orgathe tribe had asked the nized by the army. The breaking bad and better call saul actor behind one of tvs most intimidating villains takes cues from his own childhood to strike fear. Arbuckle is considered one of the great pioneers in comedy, said film historian and arbuckle expert david pearson. Fatty arbuckle roscoe arbuckle roscoe conkling arbuckle. Andoins is a french commune in the pyreneesatlantiques department in the nouvelleaquitaine region of southwestern france. Fattys faithful fido 119 words case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article 1915 short comedy film directed by and starring fatty arbuckle.
Overview of fattys faithful fido, 1915, directed by roscoe fatty arbuckle, with minta durfee, roscoe fatty arbuckle, leo white, at turner classic movies skip navigation tcm. The climax of this movie is fatty on the high wires, walking, running, jumping, and bouncing along for a minute or more. From 1916, he wrote and directed many of his own films as well as some of the other stars of comedy. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Unfortunately he doesnt get much to do early on, while fatty and al st john get to fight it out for the attentions of minta durfee outside one lungs chinese laundry. He was also the personal pet of actress minta durfee and her husband, the comedian and director roscoe fatty arbuckle. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services.
Full text of moving picture weekly 1915 1920 see other formats. Luke the dog was a staffordshire bull terrier that performed as a recurring character in. Roscoe fatty arbuckle 18871933 quickly rose to stardom in a series of short silent film comedies with such costars as mabel normand, charlie chaplin and chester conkling. Find information about fido watch fido on allmovie. Luke the dog may be the real star this outing, although roscoe fatty arbuckle and al st. This is a darned impressive stunt, and apparently a famous one as well, although overall the movie doesnt have as much stuntwork as we saw in fattys faithful fido. Fattys faithful fido fatty and al are both members of the swift footers athletic club, located above one lungs chinese laundry uh oh. Mabel and fatty visit the 1915 san francisco worlds fair, pulling pranks on security guards and having fun on the amusement park rides. She chooses fatty, and al gets mad, starting a fight, and fido. After fatty sics his dog on him, al marks fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as andosiennes. Fattys faithful fido 1915 aug 10, 2014 keystone film company starring. Roscoe fatty arbuckle is a member of the following lists. Fattys faithful fido is a 1915 short comedy film directed by and starring fatty arbuckle. This onereel short from keystone packs in a lot of action, some great stunts, and some unfortunate ethnic humor. Films of fatty arbuckle 1915 mabel and fatty s wash day fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition fatty and mabels simple life. The aptly named forgotten films of roscoe fatty arbuckle is a wonderful four disc set that brings together 30 of this comedians films with one film presented twice in different forms. The director is roscoe fatty arbuckle and he also plays the title character obviously. Roscoe arbuckle filmography in the progressive silent film list silent era home page home video the forgotten films of roscoe fatty arbuckle support silent era. Silent era home page psfl fattys faithful fido 1915 a growing source of silent era film information. Contrary to popular belief, parrott did not direct the cannonball, a sennett film that was actually directed by walter wright.
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