Roscoe Arbuckle Movies

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...

Hollywood Luck is a 1932 Comedy short.

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...

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

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

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...

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his...

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...

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

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

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

Fatty's Gift is a 1914 Comedy short.

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...

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

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

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

Roscoe runs afoul of a demented Mexican general.

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...

Al St. John buys a touring car and takes his extended family on a disastrous trip.