I had the pleasure of watching this movie with a live audience with a favorite pianist playing the score the way the movie would have been experienced 104 years ago.
I replayed the scene where the guy flips over backwards into a chair at half speed just to see if the scene was spliced or otherwise manipulated. Didn't seem to be. Other acrobatics also beyond belief.
@@lyudmila2882 I've looked into Keaton's life a little more since I made the initial comment. It seems that he started on stage at age 3, with a slapstick act that involved his dad throwing him into/at various bits of scenery and off the stage, and relying on correct tumbling for safety. By this movie, he was a highly fit young man with 16 years of acrobatic experience. Your comment reminded me to look into Arbuckle, and it seems he started acting at 8 years old, which would mean he'd be at it for 23 years by this point. It seems wild, given their youth, but it seems these guys were both veteran tumblers by this movie.
Keaton was so young here, only about 22 years old. Loved it that he smiled in this picture, but it was hard for him to keep a straight face while he was working with Arbuckle. Too bad he didn't smile on the screen more often; he was a beautiful young man. ♥
@@EGM777 He became the Stone Face later in his career he laughed and cried too in some of these films. Too bad he didn't get to keep control of making his projects and the death of Big Joe Roberts definitely changed later works. ☹️
these guys never disappoint with cracking me up. Arbuckle,Keaton and St.John are on a level by themselves when it comes to physical comedy and their films together. they're the best.
Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle had truly wonderful chemistry. Two talented men, for certain! (And, for the record, I'm convinced that Arbuckle was innocent.)
Nowadays "Fatty" Arbuckle would only be known as Chubby Arbuckle. He wouldn't even stand out as very heavy. Great little flick though! Two great talents!
+kmeccat The nickname didn't come from his waistline, but from the lethal weapon he was concealing slightly below the belt. "Fatty" ruined Arbuckle's career and nearly landed him in the clink for manslaughter.
Buster once said fatty Arbuckle told him movies were for a 12 year old minded audience. Buster disagreed with him. As i watch more and more silent films i realize that any picture with fatty Arbuckle in it I notice that it's very scatterbrained with plots that make little sense. The gags and jokes are forced and don't fit together. But a movie with buster Keaton in it alone is way more organized, he knew how to play things subtle and outrageous if he wanted, but the plot always made sense. Arbuckle only seemed to know how to do coordinated physical comedy, and he often went way over the top with it. for instance, which was more impressive to you, Arbuckle throwing shaving cream in a guys face over and over. Or Keatons window washing? Depends on what audience you ask I suppose, thats why Keaton made better movies alone, because he wasn't making movies for 12 year olds.
I'm surprised on the praise for F.A.. Not knocking it, though. If the humor works for a person, that's a good thing I agree with you that Keaton is much funnier. I know adults that still enjoy the 3 Stooges, whereas, as I did enjoy them as a kid, as an adult, the humor doesn't work. The same with Bob Hope. I loved him as a kid, but not now. Humor probably has a cultural element at work. I gave a copy of a W.C. Fields film to one of my apprentices, and he didn't like it at all. Fields is one of my favorite comedians. So, humor is puzzling.
Did Roscoe Arbuckle's terrible court case predicament have anything to do with Stan Laurel (then Jefferson) turning down Joe Rock's studio offer to pair with Oliver Hardy - when he had them both on his books? Highly likely.......Find out about that and many more other background secrets, professional and personal, in the two NEW books "ARTHUR AND NORVELLE: THE FORGOTTEN AND REAL LEGEND OF LAUREL AND HARDY" on Amazon! part of the "Decoding Laurel and Hardy Project": arthurandnorvlle@yolasite.com
more likely tinted. Toning is coloring the image with a chemical treatment while tinting is coloring the support stock with dye. Tinting is easier to do and tints could be changed to match the mood or location, warm color for interior, blue for night etc. Very common in the silent days. Not much used for sound movies although special tinted stocks that did not interfere with the sound track were available. Who played "Rasputin?" Joe Keaton was Buster's father.
I had the pleasure of watching this movie with a live audience with a favorite pianist playing the score the way the movie would have been experienced 104 years ago.
That same pianist, Adam Swanson, is playing a concert live now, Sunday nights on his TH-cam channel and on FB.
The acrobatics in this picture were off the charts! Truly, they were some of the greatest!
I replayed the scene where the guy flips over backwards into a chair at half speed just to see if the scene was spliced or otherwise manipulated. Didn't seem to be. Other acrobatics also beyond belief.
@@lyudmila2882 I've looked into Keaton's life a little more since I made the initial comment. It seems that he started on stage at age 3, with a slapstick act that involved his dad throwing him into/at various bits of scenery and off the stage, and relying on correct tumbling for safety. By this movie, he was a highly fit young man with 16 years of acrobatic experience.
Your comment reminded me to look into Arbuckle, and it seems he started acting at 8 years old, which would mean he'd be at it for 23 years by this point.
It seems wild, given their youth, but it seems these guys were both veteran tumblers by this movie.
Keaton was so young here, only about 22 years old. Loved it that he smiled in this picture, but it was hard for him to keep a straight face while he was working with Arbuckle. Too bad he didn't smile on the screen more often; he was a beautiful young man. ♥
Good film industry
Cuter than a little bugs ear
Buster Keaton never smiled, that's, what made him different from Charles Chaplin.
@@EGM777
He became the Stone Face later in his career he laughed and cried too in some of these films. Too bad he didn't get to keep control of making his projects and the death of Big Joe Roberts definitely changed later works. ☹️
these guys never disappoint with cracking me up. Arbuckle,Keaton and St.John are on a level by themselves when it comes to physical comedy and their films together. they're the best.
A wonderful short ! all the talent and beauty of young buster Keaton !
Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle had truly wonderful chemistry. Two talented men, for certain! (And, for the record, I'm convinced that Arbuckle was innocent.)
He was innocent!
Uh, he was innocent. Completely innocent. The jury at his last trial actually apologized to him.
I love every physical move they do. Its so amazing and funny.
And the timing is perfect!
no stunt doubles in those days1 What a stunt with that trolley and the motorcycle!
great accompaniment, beautiful job! thank you
Sehr schön, danke!
Hard to believe, but this move is already 105 years old...
Buster was a beautiful baby here. Just think, this film was made the same year Eleanor was born.
Great movie ! Today makes it 100 years after it’s release
The driver oiling the horse, nyuk nyuk nyuk!
Buster did that gag in another film! LOL!
I like best Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardie ! They make me laugh every time !
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17:10-17:14 So cute! But poor Buster is left hanging.
8:48 oiling the horse LOL
The very best part in my opinion was the scene where Arbuckle was the barber!! 🤣
I think Buster Keaton was more like a funny stuntman !
Nowadays "Fatty" Arbuckle would only be known as Chubby Arbuckle. He wouldn't even stand out as very heavy.
Great little flick though!
Two great talents!
+kmeccat The nickname didn't come from his waistline, but from the lethal weapon he was concealing slightly below the belt. "Fatty" ruined Arbuckle's career and nearly landed him in the clink for manslaughter.
StauntonCivilWar If that’s true how comes this movie refers to him as fatty three years before the scandal happened ?
Arbuckle hated his nickname. In his life he would've wanted you to call him by his given name: "Roscoe ".
Buster once said fatty Arbuckle told him movies were for a 12 year old minded audience. Buster disagreed with him.
As i watch more and more silent films i realize that any picture with fatty Arbuckle in it I notice that it's very scatterbrained with plots that make little sense. The gags and jokes are forced and don't fit together.
But a movie with buster Keaton in it alone is way more organized, he knew how to play things subtle and outrageous if he wanted, but the plot always made sense.
Arbuckle only seemed to know how to do coordinated physical comedy, and he often went way over the top with it.
for instance, which was more impressive to you, Arbuckle throwing shaving cream in a guys face over and over. Or Keatons window washing?
Depends on what audience you ask I suppose, thats why Keaton made better movies alone, because he wasn't making movies for 12 year olds.
I'm surprised on the praise for F.A.. Not knocking it, though. If the humor works for a person,
that's a good thing I agree with you that Keaton is much funnier. I know adults that still enjoy
the 3 Stooges, whereas, as I did enjoy them as a kid, as an adult, the humor doesn't work. The same
with Bob Hope. I loved him as a kid, but not now. Humor probably has a cultural element at work.
I gave a copy of a W.C. Fields film to one of my apprentices, and he didn't like it at all. Fields
is one of my favorite comedians. So, humor is puzzling.
LOL when he gives rasputin his hair cut LMAO
Agreed! It was a HOOT!
Alguien que me diga exactamente dónde se realizó está película?
A very good question!
😂😁😂😁😀
0:34 Tom Mullica inspiration prolly
what's the joke at the end? Is it fake money or something?
Who knows?
Looks like the same set from "The Haunted House"
Did Roscoe Arbuckle's terrible court case predicament have anything to do with Stan Laurel (then Jefferson) turning down Joe Rock's studio offer to pair with Oliver Hardy - when he had them both on his books? Highly likely.......Find out about that and many more other background secrets, professional and personal, in the two NEW books "ARTHUR AND NORVELLE: THE FORGOTTEN AND REAL LEGEND OF LAUREL AND HARDY" on Amazon! part of the "Decoding Laurel and Hardy Project": arthurandnorvlle@yolasite.com
Who was “ Joseph Keaton”?
i believe that is busters father. He was often in busters films
He was Buster Keaton's father.
He did a high kick he could knock people's hats off their heads. Like Buster he had an alcohol problem although they both kicked it before they past.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lame story & acting, so dumb
A horrific colorization, wow. 👎
This is not colourised. It is sepia tone.
more likely tinted. Toning is coloring the image with a chemical treatment while tinting is coloring the support stock with dye. Tinting is easier to do and tints could be changed to match the mood or location, warm color for interior, blue for night etc. Very common in the silent days. Not much used for sound movies although special tinted stocks that did not interfere with the sound track were available.
Who played "Rasputin?" Joe Keaton was Buster's father.