Rediscovering Roscoe with Steve Massa

A guided tour through Arbuckle's career, presented by Steve Massa, author of 'Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of "Fatty" Arbuckle'. This presentation was created for the Silent Laughter event held at The Cinema Museum, London in April 2022. The music tracks for this You Tube version are provided by Ethan Uslan (used by permission) and are taken from his 'Carolina Moon' and 'Blaze Away' albums, available from ethanuslan.com or your favourite search engine. Enjoy!

[@MARTIN70BCN]

Thanks a lot, Dave and Steve!

[@michaellamb2964]

Always loved Arbuckle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@DaveGlass]

Join the club! :)

[@owenearl2505]

*THANKS SO MUCH I HAVE MOST OF HIS VIDEOS*

[@KSilentfilm]

Ty for posting and keeping early films alive, favorites like Roscoe, Keaton, Chaplin, Lloyd, Chase, Normand, etc. 🎬

[@DaveGlass]

Pleasure! Thank YOU for watching :)

[@Daffmikeron]

Wow! Loved it! Thanx so much and keep the goodies coming!!

[@gordonwill6885]

brilliant as always, thanks Daves

[@DaveGlass]

Thanks Gordon!

[@WinrichNaujoks]

It's so sad what happened to him.

[@nealkurz6503]

Fantastic! thanks for all of your hard work, and also for your wonderful book. I only have the kindle version as of yet....didn't realize it was so huge!

[@silver17productions]

Very interesting and enjoyable! Well done! Funny you mentioned Roscoe didn't seem to age much-- I noticed that too. Liked seeing the early photos. Thank you!

[@ladyagnes9430]

I am watching with my Terriers- Lucy Ann & Maximilian Roscoe .

[@DaveGlass]

Thanks Lady Agnes. Hope you all had fun! :)

[@akmediascope]

I enjoyed this so much! The film quality and restoration is so crisp and clear with very little anomaly. I can see every little fluctuation and expression even on my phone screen!. Visually, a thing of beauty. It's a pleasure to have this to study. And thank you for citing a reference to Mr. Usian's wonderful musical score. I have a new appreciation for The Silents' use of musical accompaniment. This was masterful! Film is truly an arts collaboration of many!

[@DaveGlass]

That's great to hear. Thank you.

[@user-ut6yo6db4f]

Piano playing sounds beautyful

[@DaveGlass]

Yes, Ethan makes wonderful music.

[@metaldams78]

Dave and Steve, thank you so much for this! I love the way every aspect of Arbuckle’s career, including the directing years, was covered and it was a pleasure seeing HIS WIFE’S MISTAKE for the first time. I’ve seen a lot of Arbuckle shorts, but not that one. Also a further reminder that Al St. John’s performance in BRIDGE WIVES may be the moment western civilization peaked.

[@annxeneize]

Loved it, thanks!

[@stevetowler4429]

Thank you Steve and Daves (and Susan)! Loved this Sunday surprise. Don't think I have ever seen His Wife's Mistake. Contains everything that was great about Roscoe. Steve, I got your Arbuckle book upon 1st release and devoured it. I have and love your other books as well. Daves, I have your fantastic DVD/Blu-ray releases and am grateful for all you guys do. Looking forward to future projects!

[@stevemassa4339]

Thanks Steve!!

[@DaveGlass]

Ditto..... (Thanks Steve!)..... (and Steve!)......

[@pauletcheverry5572]

Thanks for your good work! A fair number of films Roscoe directed and wrote for Educational Pictures are turning up on TH-cam. My favorites are those starring the very funny Lloyd Hamilton, definitely the inspiration for Jackie Gleason's subsequent "The Poor Soul" character.

[@DaveGlass]

Thanks Paul!

[@charleslutte2306]

“Fatty’s Jonah Day”, “Lover’s Luck”, and “Fatty’s Day Off” are not listed as surviving films in filmographies, and yet I’ve seen prints of each. Granted they’re poor quality, but I know they’re out there, in spite of not being included in home video anthologies. Hopefully there are some other Arbuckle films which surface in private collections, or possibly film archives outside the U.S.

[@painin2teeth]

I love Arbuckle

[@DaveGlass]

I'm glad. Me too!

[@billyshepard5514]

I like the Arbuckle shorts made for Paramount after buster left. I've only seen one or two.

[@user-ut6yo6db4f]

Good news.

[@lucille7235]

This is beautiful and so well done!

[@DaveGlass]

Thanks Lucille! 😊

[@lucille7235]

Will send stuff later!@@DaveGlass

[@jasonstegallco.960]

Enjoyed seeing His Wife's Mistake (one of a few of Arbuckle's films I had not seen yet until now). Oddly sad that it would be the very end of this film that would be missing; generally, it's either the beginning or mid-portion of a silent that has [at least temporarily] lost footage (see: Laurel and Hardy's The Battle Of The Century, though it also was missing it's very ending last 2-3 scenes as well).

[@DaveGlass]

Glad you enjoyed it Jason. Yep, it's the start and end of each reel of film that are the most prone to damage. : (

[@jasonstegallco.960]

Thanks for responding, Dave! Oh, one more thing: I thought it was interesting that even though this was a Triangle release, the "conclusion solution" was typically old school Mutual Keystone -- antagonist pulls out gun and tries to shoot protagonist! As usual, it was Mack Sennett and any who worked under both the Keystone banner -- and his own in the 1920's -- that invented much of the visual comedic language that is still used even today.

[@AndyGalaxy1971]

+ and -

[@joeguajardo5092]

As good as Charlie Chaplin