Coney Island (1917 film)

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Coney Island

Fatty rides "The Whip" in Coney Island
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Roscoe Arbuckle
Starring Roscoe Arbuckle
Buster Keaton
Al St. John
Cinematography George Peters
Editing by Herbert Warren
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) 29 October, 1917
Running time 24 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
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Coney Island (1917), also known as Fatty at Coney Island, is a short silent film comedy written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The twenty-four minute film follows Arbuckle's antics at Coney Island, the New York City amusement park and beach resort, where he sneaks away from his wife to enjoy the attractions, gets a rival for another woman arrested, and disguises himself as a woman. The Keystone Cops are also featured.

Coney Island was filmed before Keaton had fully established his screen persona. Because of this, he employs a wide range of facial expressions, including mugging and laughing, differing drastically from his subsequent unsmiling, but still eloquent, expression

Arbuckle breaks the fourth wall in one scene where, about to change his clothes, he directly looks at the camera and gestures for it to raise its view above his waist; the camera obligingly does so.

The film was shot on location at Coney Island, and prominently features many contemporary rides and attractions as venues for the slapstick action.

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