Roscoe Arbuckle

Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie...

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her...

Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a...

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy,...

Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the...

Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken...

Zip is a young man whose job is to dodge baseballs at a resort concession. To impress a young lady under a parasol he gets a friend to substitute for...

The story involves Arbuckle coming to the western town of Mad Dog Gulch after being thrown off a train and chased by Indians. He teams up with...

Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly,...

Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's...

Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.

A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the...

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the...

Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they...

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In...

The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at...

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.

To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.

Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.

Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.

A henpecked husband's innocent friendship with a married woman leads to chaos.

Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner,...

Stars of Yesterday documentary film.

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

Villains launch Fatty and Mabel's beachfront house into the ocean.

Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a...

Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year...

Narrator Hughie Green tells "jokes" over clips of old silent films. Including greats such as Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the...

When Fatty Arbuckle accidentally hits on the rajah, he declares, "Death to all flirts!" and hijinks ensue.

Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be!

Fatty and Mabel go to the San Diego Exposition.

A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.

Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat.

Murphy, the cop, gives his I. O. U. to the money-lender. Pressed for payment, he gives up his wife's jewelry. She thinks she has been robbed and...

Charlie is trying to impress Minnie, who is interested in another fellow, but having trouble with his flirting, so he goes to see a 'Trouble Mender'....

Fatty's Finish is a 1914 comedy short.

The Baggage Smasher is a 1914 Comedy short.

Those Happy Days is a 1914 Comedy short.

That Minstrel Man is a 1914 Comedy short.

Caught in a Flue is a 1914 Comedy short.

Screwball slapstick with Fatty and Minta mixed up in zany adventures.

Our Country Cousins is a 1914 Comedy short.

Fatty's Gift is a 1914 Comedy short.

Fatty hopes to marry for money but thanks to many slapstick complications his plan doesn't go as smoothly as he intended.

Tramp Roscoe Arbuckle saves a girl from drowning in a pond and is given a job on the police force. A jealous officer dopes him causing him to sleep...

A Rowboat Romance is a 1914 Comedy short.

The Sky Pirate is a 1914 Comedy short.

Bombs and Bangs is a 1914 Comedy short.

Their Ups and Downs is a 1914 Comedy short.

Fatty experiences several reverses of fortunes in this boarding house story. He is first ejected for failure to pay his board. He then fixes up a...

How Old Are You? is a 1914 Comedy short

Shotguns That Kick is a 1934 Comedy short.

Hitchcock comes to a small town, where the chickens and pigs run about the streets as numerous as the people. His purpose is to amuse and entertain...

Fatty's Wild Night is a 1914 Comedy short.

Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house...

Fatty rescues Mabel twice: first, from the unwelcome attentions of a masher, then from a runaway observation balloon.

This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in a fence. The neighbor (Sterling) notices and...

Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a...

Roscoe writes of his love and announces that he will call on Irene with the ring and ask her parents' consent to their marriage. Father and mother...

Fatty Arbuckle is a baker and soda jerk hoping to find love with pretty Alice Lake.

Slapstick shenanigans at an overcrowded boarding house.

Al St John loves Lena, but he also loves to sleep. Will he get out of bed soon enough to take Lena from his dull rival, so he can have an argument...

Johnny tries hard to impress his girl, but she seems to be much more interested in movie stars.

When a mothball magnate checks into a hotel with his family, the mashers come out of the woodwork to woo his daughter (Fatty Arbuckle). The scene...

Although Mabel’s parents disapprove of Roscoe and Mabel’s relationship, the two still secretly court. When a rivaling suitor named Reddy appears,...

'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected...

Mabel sneaks away from her parents for some mischievous fun at the fairgrounds with a pair of impromptu suitors.

Mabel and her mother visit the park. She sees her boyfriend, Roscoe, and asks him to join them. After the lovers manage slip away by themselves,...

In 1915-16, San Diego's Balboa Park was the scene of an exposition to mark completion of the Panama Canal. This film takes us through the exposition:...

Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.

Three men in love with the same woman contend with each other and with her father, until one of them takes her on an airplane in an attempt to elope...

A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with...

The new school teacher fresh from the city struggles with her unruly bumpkin students, while she awaits the arrival of her fiancé.

When Mabel catches her husband flirting with their maid, it leads to a sharp dispute. As part of making up, the couple decide to take a walk to the...

Left alone by his wife, Fatty joins a poker game across the hall from his apartment and is left to face the law when the game is raided by police. He...

Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for...

When a woman's husband leaves town, she begins to see odd things happening in her house. Afraid that gangsters are after her, she becomes...

Four bad men have kidnapped Fatty's girlfriend and plan to kill her. Fatty's dog knows where she is, but Fatty doesn't and he was crying. However the...

Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.

A doctor, very much in love with his beautiful wife, comes to suspect that her visiting childhood friend Jack is more than just a friend. Jack's...

"Fatty", a poor good hearted farm boy is deeply in love with Winifred, a farmer's daughter. A rich neighbor offers the farmer a large plot of land if...

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his...

Fatty steals a ride on a train, discovered, and put off in the middle of nowhere. He stumbles along over the hot desert and finally passes out. A...

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle confronts the Kaiser in his headquarters, and tells him that he will be be defeated by "scraps of paper," i.e. War Bonds.

Roscoe begins work on his new job as janitor of the Shortacre Building in New York. While performing his duties he enters the offices of a broker, I....

Fatty's Jonah Day is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.

A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef.

An amusing burlesque of gang fighters. The police go after them, one by one, and each guardian of the peace is caught and despoiled of his clothing...

Percy and Harold are rivals and both take the object of their affections for an outing.

A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.

A young man transforms his uncle's palatial residence into a sanitarium only to end up paying back the money his patients gave him.

Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his...

If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story. If they have not, perhaps it will be a...

Henry is a big, fat country boy with three passions. He likes eggs, milk and girls. He steals the eggs from the nests, sucks their contents, and...

A comedy drama which clearly portrays the adventures of a country chap who falls into the hands of the servants of his city cousin, who has...

Race-car drivers pursue Mabel Normand, whose father has a clear favorite.

The professor does not approve of his daughter's suitor. His disapproval is so marked that it is finally noticed by said swain, Tim Brown, when he is...

Louis, the chef and Oscar, the head waiter, are in love with Mabel the pretty cashier. The Waiters' picnic is held, and Mabel is the cause of much...

Mabel and Roscoe love each other, but her father likes another boy. A rather sissified young man. Roscoe and Mabel stages an accident.

Two groundskeepers compete for the attention of a pretty park visitor. When the woman’s daughter goes missing, the two set out to rescue her.

Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.

Professor Bean's Removal is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand.

Love and Courage is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

A presumably lost film starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

Almost a Rescue is a 1913 movie starring Donald MacDonald and Roscoe Arbuckle.

Rastus and the Game Cock is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mack Sennett.

The Telltale Light is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

When a girl delivering expensive garments loses them to some Irish shanty town kids, her boss, a Jewish clothier, is livid and a fight breaks out....

A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman...

The Fatal Taxicab is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.

Fatty's Day Off is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.

The Gypsy Queen is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

A husband who has spent a convivial night is sleeping off the effects in bed while his devoted wife ministers for him.

Mother's Boy is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Alice Davenport.

The scene is laid for a quiet little wedding. The guests are waiting for Fatty and an ancient maid to be made one. Fatty's rival appears and breaks...

Two old tars, retired from service, live alone in a cottage by the sea. They sail along on an even keel, until a buxom and comely widow projects...

The Milk We Drink is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle.

Fatty induces wife to let him take a day off to go to the celebration at San Diego. He has a wonderful time, flirting with the girls, breaking up a...

A Small Time Act is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Roscoe Arbuckle.

A Ride for a Bride is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Virginia Kirtley.

Wine is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Ford Sterling.

His Sister's Kids is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee.

Count Chicori is perused by a bear whilst visiting at a hunting lodge.

Fatty's Flirtation is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

The Woman Haters is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Nick Cogley.

Some Nerve is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Dot Farley.

In the Clutches of the Gang is a 1914 movie starring Ford Sterling and George Nichols.

Twixt Love and Fire is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Peggy Pearce.

Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Billy Gilbert.

The Under-Sheriff is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and George Nichols.

A Robust Romeo is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Emma Bell Clifton.

A Misplaced Foot is a 1914 movie starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

Roscoe is a family man at the seaside, lumbered with a shrewish wife and an extremely annoying young son. He meets up with a charming young lady in a...

The Chicken Chaser is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.

A Rural Demon is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Eva Nelson.

Fatty tries to catch two "chickens" – one feathered, the other one wearing skirts.

Where Hazel Met the Villain is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Phyllis Allen.

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the...

Roscoe flirts with a girl in the park. Later he takes his wife and mother-in-law to the movies only to see his flirtation showing on the screen.

African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of...

Fatty and Al are competing to take the same girl to the Waiters' Ball, but the formal dress requirement presents a problem: Fatty owns a tuxedo, but...

Roscoe Arbuckle loses his job to protect a young boy from the orphanage.

This rare two part documentary focuses on Charlie Chaplin's development at Keystone and Essanay. It concludes with a director's cut of the film...

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the family of the prospector he stole from.

Based on the comic strip character and his auto obsessed life.

An attorney is thrust into wild adventures by an attractive young woman.

Hijinks surrounding the attendance of a Prince at a Yacht Club dinner.

A practical joke makes a man get off before his intended stop, leading to all sorts of trouble.

A doctor who believes he can cure criminals takes on a big challenge.

Unreleased in America, this was one of Arbuckle's last starring roles in a feature film.

A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and the events that eventually led to his career downfall.

A documentary short included as an extra with "The Buster Keaton Collection".

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

Roscoe gets into a lot of wacky troubles, some involving a misplaced box of Mexican Jumping Beans.

Roscoe believes he is in line to receive a large inheritance, but the reality is considerably more psychopathic-- no, nuts.

Roscoe runs afoul of a demented Mexican general.

Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applying makeup and changing the combing of his hair or...

Fatty's Debut is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

Fatty's Wine Party is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

A documentary on the life and career of silent film star Mabel Normand.

Fickle Fatty's Fall is a 1914 Comedy short.

Frequent comedy co-stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand take viewers on a tour of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Attractions...

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

Camping Out is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Fatty is the suffering spouse who comes home every night...

Roscoe Arbuckle plays a Douglas Fairbanks fan who becomes a rotund version of his hero. As "The Sheriff", he must rescue abducted schoolteacher Betty...

The Bank Clerk is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.

The Pullman Porter is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.

A Desert Hero is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.

Fatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the...

Fatty, his wife and mother-in-law are on a ferry to Catalina Island for an outing. So are Mabel and her father. Mabel and Fatty flirt with each...

A short comedy in which two lovers post their letters in a box in a tree. The old man gets wise and sets a snare, by which he catches Fatty's hand....

The manager of a small town hotel installs a cabaret in an attempt to achieve the standard set by restaurants in the large cities. His effort is...

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle & Mabel Normand comedy short. The film is considered lost.

The Water Dog is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

Charles Murray out romancing in the park.

Intimate views of the movie stars of the Silent Era, at work and play; featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Lillian Gish and others.

Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Sensational and shocking stories from Hollywood are not always fiction. Beyond anything a screenwriter could imagine, and with cast of famous stars...

Slapstick experts host this look at the life and films of Charley Chase with rare film clips and photos.

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)...

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and...

This special two-disc collection, presented in cooperation with the Library of Congress, celebrates cinema’s lesser-known dog stars with their most...

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.

From 1920 to 1965, the great Buster Keaton made spectacular use of locomotives in his films. This video essay charts the course of his iconic...

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and...

In this one-hour special taped between March 9-17, 1981, Lily Tomlin and Dudley Moore join the Muppets in a tribute to film classics. Kermit the Frog...