The Bell Boy
For other uses, see Bellboy (disambiguation).
| The Bell Boy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Fatty Arbuckle |
| Starring |
Fatty Arbuckle Buster Keaton |
| Cinematography |
Elgin Lessley George Peters |
| Edited by | Herbert Warren |
Release dates |
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Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent English intertitles |
The Bell Boy is a short film produced and released in 1918 by the Comique film company.[2]
The film stars Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as bellboys in Elk's Head Hotel. They cause trouble with each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse, a sham robbery turns into a real one, and there is a chase on a runaway trolley. Much of the material in this film was later re-used by Keaton in his 1937 film "Love Nest On Wheels". One sequence involving a mop was reused by Keaton in his last film appearance, in The Scribe.
Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Bellboy, barber
- Buster Keaton - Bellboy
- Al St. John - Desk Clerk
- Alice Lake - Cutie Cuticle, manicurist
- Joe Keaton - Guest
- Charles Dudley - Guest
See also
- List of American films of 1918
- Fatty Arbuckle filmography
- Buster Keaton filmography
References
- ↑ Knopf, Robert (2 August 1999). The theater and cinema of Buster Keaton. Princeton University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-691-00442-6. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ The Bellboy at silentera.com
External links
- The Bell Boy at the Internet Movie Database
- The Bell Boy is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- The Bell Boy on YouTube