Arbuckle and Keaton, Vol. 1

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

This collection of classic short subjects starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton gets a simple presentation for its release on DVD. The material on Arbuckle and Keaton: Vol. One has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The musical accompaniment for these silents has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The images have been given period-appropriate color tints. No bonus features have been included for this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Features:
  • Digitally mastered from 35 mm archive material (Moonshine mastered from 16 mm)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Revenue Agent
       Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
       Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Train Rider, Bartender
       Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Bellboy
       Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Mailman

• Director:

  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

• Producer:

  Joseph M. Schenck

• Screen Story:

  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Joe Roach

• Screenwriter:

  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Jean Havez, Natalie Talmadge

• Cinematographer:

  Elgin Lessley, George Peters, Frank D. Williams

• Editor:

  Herbert Warren

REVIEW:

• There is a tendency, as one reads of actors and directors who start their own production companies, to find missteps -- over-reaching or choosing subject matter that is too outre, over-spending, or otherwise breaking up the record of success that led to the independent production in the first place. The Butcher Boy is one notable exception -- Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's first independent production, it showed the actor/director not only firing on all cylinders creatively, but in top form as a producer as well, for teaming himself up with a young Buster Keaton, the latter in his screen debut. The gags flow like water (even ones involving molasses), and it's even possible to see here as well the roots of an equally successful comedic set-up of a generation later, for the W. C. Fields vehicle It's A Gift. The pacing of the whole picture is a wonder, and it demonstrates overall precisely how prodigious a talent Arbuckle was in a multitude of areas. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

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