Friday, April 22, 2011

Movie short review – Buster#2 - “The Rough-house” (1917) ***

Buster Keaton fell so in love with filmmaking that after making one short, The Butcher Boy, he was writing and directing them – helping rather, along with Fatty Arbuckle, the star. Arbuckle plays one of a family who run a hotel, during the course of which he destroys his bedroom, a kitchen and a living room. Very funny slapstick and destruction. Keaton has a small role as a gardener who turns into a policeman, just in time to take part in the final chase.

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