Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle & Buster Keaton: THE GARAGE (1920) 1/3

[ChidoDeLaSierra]

Poor guy being accused :/

[obaidCarkey]

the doug heffernan of the 1920s

[eMuse5]

Roscoe was a huge, huge influence on the movie industry in general, and at one time one of the biggest stars in the world. He helped give many great stars their start: Charlie Chaplin, The Inimitable Buster Keaton, Bob Hope, etc. By all reports he was a kind, gentle person whom everyone liked and respected. And to this day that ridiculous scandal started by a horrible woman still hovers around his legacy...what a shame and what a waste.

[katiedavis1997]

I prefer to call him Roscoe, seeing as he hated the name Fatty.

[thevealchop68]

Its true, Arbuckle was the highest paid for a short while. They signed him to a three year, $3,000.000 contract, which is around $40,000,000 in todays money, after adjusting for 90 years of inflation. but he had a contract to make up to 18 movies. consider stars like tom cruise or john travolta make $20 million per picture. So Arbuckle's salary PER movie, was not so much. but then take into account the fact that we really dont know what movies made money and what lost money.

[thevealchop68]

The producer Joseph Schenk married Norma Talmadge.  Buster Keaton married Constance Talmadge.

[eMuse5]

@thevealchop68 Actually Buster married Natalie Talmadge...whom I otherwise refer to as "HER" in a dark tone of voice...

[jjcatful]

Fatty was the highest paid actor at the time.

[r0llskyay0]

he was only proved not guilty once, the other two were mistrials. you only have to be proved innocent once in the good ol USA

[beatingbrahms]

Loved it. Thank you. Must continue watching the rest. ^.^

[Rudas2007]

i'm going to travel back in time to 1920 with a DVD of the matrix!

[spazzman90]

I wonder what these folks would have said if you told them 90 years in the future people would have the ability to watch this in the palm of their hand while taking a break on a hike?

[FarnhazenBrep]

This film posting seems to be presented at a frame rate close to the speed it was shot at. So, it does not have the frantic look that so many silent films have. Silent films were recorded at various frame rates, but the standard was 16 frames per second, while the "modern" sound movie standard was (and is) 24 fps. Compare this posting to "Fatty in Coney Island". You'll see the difference.

F Brep

[1979mackdriver]

@FarnhazenBrep I always wondered about that, now i know. I always wondered why all the footage from the great war seemed to be at a high speed. my Chemistry teacher in H.S. explained to me something about the acids in the film but that was over 30 years ago if you could shed some light on that for me I would appreciate it

[FarnhazenBrep]

@1979mackdriver

Well, the chemistry of the film (acids) could not alter the speed of the film, unless the "speed" referred to is the film's light sensitivity. But, that's an entirely different subject.

I'm not versed enough in the history of film to know just how things evolved, but I do know this: most film projectors run at 24 frames per second (fps). It is rare to find one that has the option of 16fps. So, many of the videos we see were made by copying films at the wrong speed.

[1979mackdriver]

@FarnhazenBrep Thanks thats more than I knew 5 days ago appreciate the reply. The most crucial chemistry was Arbuckle and Keaton though.

[lawrence142002]

Roscoe Arbuckle was not guilty. What Brady and the yellow journalists did to him was a crime. He deserved a hell of a lot better. A hell of a lot. Buster Keaton was right when he said he died of a broken heart.

Speaking of Keaton, a true pro to the end. His last performance in 1966's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, he was deathly ill from cancer. The cast were greatly impressed with Keaton's drive and work ethic.

Two great performers here.

[bobslightbulb]

@lawrence142002 Very true, all this. It's a huge loss in the history of film industry that Arbuckle's career was destroyed.

[staphinfection]

Better than Avatar.

[elcondeyutubero]

He was a genius. Fuck off San Francisco Examiner!

[TheArzonite]

i saw movie named gold miner (1920) at i think 27.12.2010 in finland it was great movie :D

[Djrockewfewtimez986]

Fatty was a genius!

[IP0Monsturd]

Which one is Fatty?

[colasweet1]

@IP0Monsturd Just a wild guess, but maybe, the fat one? Hmmmmmm

[marvchomer]

Pretty damn awesome!

[nizzle1931]

@marvchomer you can say that again.

[rlbluver]

buster keaton is the great stone face and fatty arbukle is a hobknocker and a hobo

[pingtran]

He inserted an empty coke bottle into Virginia Rappe's vagina because he was angry that he could not get an erection through being too drunk. This led to a ruptured bladder and pirintinitus and internal bleeding from which she died.  It was at the very least manslaughter.

[TheDivineMrsMiggins]

@pingtran It makes me sad to see the same old things being said about Roscoe Arbuckle. If you get a chance, read The day the laughter stopped by Davis Yallop. This isn't based in hearsay and gossip by but on what was actually proven in court. The medical evidence on Virgina Rappe makes very interesting reading....

[lmbullock522]

@pingtran yea, I read that sensationalized version in a comic book also. However, if you want the REAL story, go to Wikipedia and read the complete article about his life and his 3 trials. The third jury was out for 6 hours. They used 1 hour to decide he was innocent and the other 5 were used in writing an apology to him for the shabby treatment he endured at the hands of a crooked and ambitious DA and lying or coerced witnesses. The next best thing to "The Day The Laughter Stopped".

[libearian]

Masters of physical comedy.

[SuicideisBrainLess]

Yeah i did see that no smoking sign way back then wow!

I LOVE these old movies! Look at those beautiful old cars!

Beautiful movie. Thanks for putting it up! Thumbs up for me!

[ClassicMovieClub]

haha!!

[tog20]

Does anybody notice the NO SMOKING sign???

[rockgor]

Being a comedian was rugged work in

those days.

"I Love Lucy" had a car falling apart 35 years

after this film.

Tnx 4 the fun post.

[tygersflowerz]

Whenever I watch "Tommy Boy" Chris Farley and David Spade always remind me a bit of a modern-day Fatty and Buster. xD

[rentatrip1]

@tygersflowerz comparing Master Buster Keaton to the pimple David Spade is

more than a mistake it is a outrageous and horrible and difficult to comprehend...

Spade is a pitiful begger of a thespian ...Buster is the Ultimate

[tygersflowerz]

@rentatrip1 Interesting opinion.

[dubbie17]

@rentatrip1 i lol'd at the david spade rant. nice.

[eMuse5]

@rentatrip1 You are correct, sir.

[genatzvalee]

I enjoy this film a lot. In fact, there's no Fatty/Buster film I don't like (well, maybe "Out West, but it's mostly because of that racist scene).

Buster used some of the gags from here in his later short "The Blacksmith" but in all fairness this film is far superior.

[eMuse5]

@genatzvalee Yeah, that part made me die a little inside. The rest of the film had some good moments though, and I loved seeing Buster with the cigar and Western hat.

[deftlink]

no tiene sonido esto??

[drmoonrat]

7:11 This was before filmmakers were allowed to cut to close up shots. Actors had to move towards the camera.

[y0utubemetube]

poor fatty arbuckle, for the way the media and the public who persumed he murded someone even though on 3 occassions he was proved not guilty.

[vankook]

@y0utubemetube Isn't it chilling to realize that nothing has changed in nearly 100 years?

[mrmootheirrev]

@y0utubemetube Things never change do they?

Guilty until proven innocent 3 times, and even that is not enough.

[950jazzy]

@y0utubemetube I know its terrible :(

[26highstreet]

before arbuckle there was nothing.

[fluffydolly]

klassik cinema

[saberswing]

2:45, uber!

[mjmymjmy]

that was totally devoid of of laughs and i now know why everyone said film would just be a fad.

[mwowm1306]

I really agree know wonder nobody had t.v.'s

[prettyparisian]

lol buster had a good few laughs in coney island at fatty and he cried a bit too lol, i love it when all 3 of them fall in the water

[tomitstube]

they are still funny after 88 years.

[cremesupreme]

fatty and buster were the best

[stanley4889]

fatty smoke so much weed it isnt funny

[S2HVU]

Is that a smile I see at 2:48? ;)

[moonshiny74]

Yes! In fact, he was LAUGHING!!

[1947Desoto]

I like the use of a fotoplayer recording for the music score.

[gdw1910]

Yes! A rare opportunity to hear one in action. A forgotten part of cinema history.

[1947Desoto]

The Mighty Wurlitzer gets all the credit these days lol, or many think silent movies are all accompanied by "The Entertainer" or "The Maple Leaf Rag" on the piano. I'd love to own a fotoplayer, but I don't have the room, money, or repair skills. Plus, they are very hard to find, and most need to be rebuilt.

[26highstreet]

i think a lot of the organ music was added in the 1950s to these old silent films and have stayed with them ever since

[1947Desoto]

Even now people are making their own scores to these silent films. However the muisc is modern, with synthesizer sounds. I personally feel that soundtracks added to silent films should be music that sounds like it the style of music from the year the film was released or earlier.

[organist45]

@1947Desoto

How is old time music played on a photoplayer to modern for this film?

photoplayers were around a short time before the theatre organ came into use.

[1947Desoto]

@organist45 If you look throw the older comments on this video, you will see that is the 3rd of three comments I made on this film, in which the first comment I made was my positive reaction to the fotoplayer soundtrack. The comment your replying to is my general opinion about silent films where the soundtrack used is a modern synthesizor.