"Fatty" in Coney Island (1917)

A Classic comedy featuring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.
This Part features Beautiful Luna Park in 1917.

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[Amaranth]

Seriouly, what happened to all these rides, and attractions that Coney use to have? why was it taken down?

[dutchmazz]

Blame Thor Equities and Joe Sitt  for what you saw in Coney, Please don't let first impressions scare you from Coney. Give Coney time She'll come around again. Unless Joe Sitt builds a Mall. Come down and Join me in Coney Friday Night, watch the fireworks and feel that old time Magic.

[MugsMcClain]

Messed up what happened to Fatty. He was ruined by a lying wench and an unscrupulous DA. This was one of his best shorts, though. It's not in this clip, but later on in this film, Buster becomes a life guard and does a mean standing backflip. He was athletic as hell.

[fosponomot]

Fatty looks like someone from our age. Everyone else looks like 1910s people.

[Ian Davies]

Ya fat cunt

[ebonygentleman79]

I love the piano in this version! Just saw my first Fatty Arbuckle film (Love) a week ago (His 126th birthday!) on TCM. I'm hooked. It's truly sad that his career was stonewalled, because you could see the magnetism he has on screen.

[SHUTERCOOKS]

Thats why they say close but no cigar! lol great movie! sucks how he got so screwd!! I would think there would of been some witnesses to get him off the hook quicker? Anyhoo WW1 OVER lets go to Coney Island!!

[BRobMorris]

clearly some one filmed this on the camera phone in the cinema the quality is terrible! :P

[eMuse5]

I agree with you about 50%...all silent films were supposed to be slightly faster than normal speed. This made movements more light and crisp, and was the accepted style at the time. Some films were close to sound speed (like Fairbanks's Robin Hood) while others, especially comedies, were faster (like the Keystone films). Some copies of old films have obviously been sped up or slowed down too much, but this one looks about right. It can take time for we "moderners" to get used to it. ;-)

[eMuse5]

A lot of people back then didn't have electricity yet at all! Definitely must have been a sight!

[louthegiantcookie]

An innocent, good man and a sadly forgotten part of Hollywood history.

[BigSnipp]

Ah good old days; when people wore suits on the beach...

[robcat2075]

I bet most people maybe had 3 or 4 light bulbs in their whole house back then so that Luna Park with all those lights must have been astonishing.