Rather than dwell on the tragedy that blighted Roscoe Arbuckle's life, how about a thread devoted to our favorite moment
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wmorrow59 — 22 years ago(March 09, 2004 05:28 PM)
Rather than dwell on the tragedy that blighted Roscoe Arbuckle's life, how about a thread devoted to our favorite moments from his movies? Right off the bat I can think of several:
- Flipping the pancakes behind his back, then with a broom in
The Waiter's Ball
; - The honeymoon breakfast in
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
; - Roscoe's first scene with Buster which was Buster's first scene on camera, ever in
The Butcher Boy
; - Roscoe faking his 'fits' in
Leap Year
; - Sinking in the rowboat with Chaplin in
The Rounders
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. . . okay, anyone else? Any more Arbuckle fans out there?
- Flipping the pancakes behind his back, then with a broom in
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Talia5 — 21 years ago(August 05, 2004 08:02 PM)
The scene in Goodnight Nurse where Arbuckle in drag flirts with "Doctor" Keaton and keeps running his finger on the wall and then licking it. Hilarious!!
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Pamfino — 21 years ago(August 13, 2004 09:38 AM)
The bit in 'The Garage', when Roscoe is in bed, and he turns to kiss the picture of the girl on the wall that would have got a big laugh from the audiences at the time as the picture was of Mabel Normand!
And I love the dance sequence in 'The Hayseed', with Buster and Roscoe flinging that tiny woman around (who was obviously a pro acrobat or stunt performer), and Buster flinging himself around in spectacular style, as usual!
And in every scene that Luke was in (Roscoe's amazing dog), he upstaged everyone - apart from Roscoe and Buster that is!
"I am not young enough to know everything." : Oscar Wilde
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metalman091 — 10 years ago(July 24, 2015 12:05 AM)
There are plenty of others, but for now I'll second the honeymoon breakfast in FATTY AND MABEL ADRIFT [1916]. Often considered his best film, the scene with Arbuckle and Normand is excellent. It was praised for its direction, but Arbuckle was not singled out as the director.
In the episode SINGLE BEDS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS from the 1980 series HOLLYWOOD [narrated by James Mason[, Mason comments, "The scene is played with a warmth and charm not often found in early knockabout comedy." Arbuckle also looks straight at the camera which was unusual at the time. Arbuckle is excellent and Normand is cute.
The scene from THE ROUNDERS [1914] with Arbuckle and Chaplin was played at the start of the episode. Two of the greatest comedians of the silent era together. In fact, Arbuckle was the only one to work with Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.