The Butcher Boy (1917 film)

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The Butcher Boy
Directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Roscoe "Fatty' Arbuckle
Joseph Anthony Roach
Starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Buster Keaton
Al St. John
Josephine Stevens
Arthur Earle
Joe Bordeaux
Luke the Dog
Charles Dudley
Alice Lake
Agnes Neilson
Cinematography Frank D. Williams
Editing by Herbert Warren
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) April 23, 1917
Running time 30 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English (original intertitle)
IMDb profile

The Butcher Boy is a 1917 short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. This was the first in Arbuckle's series of films with the Comique Film Corporation, and Keaton's film debut.

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The story involves Arbuckle working as the butcher boy in a country store. He falls in love with the cashier, who is the daughter of the store owner. He follows her, disguised as a female cousin, to an all-girl boarding school.

A contemporary Variety review indicates the film was well-received, stating: "The Comique Film Co.'s series of Arbuckle two-reelers starts off with Fatty shaking out a bag of laugh making tricks. The cast fits the star, and not the least important member is 'Luke,' the bull terrier. It is a wonder. Arbuckle's juggling with the accessories of the country store where he is an important factor, also his way of handling the feminine clothes worn in his visit to the girl's boarding school, is done in such a serious, earnest way the comic effect is all the more forceful... The first of the Arbuckle series has set a good mark to aim at. While there is some slapstick, the comedy is recommended."

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The films of Buster Keaton
Short Subjects, starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton (1917-1920)

The Butcher Boy • The Rough House • His Wedding Night • Oh Doctor! • Coney Island • A Country Hero • Out West • The Bell Boy • Moonshine • Good Night, Nurse! • The Cook • Back Stage • The Hayseed • The Garage

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton (1920-1923)

One Week • Convict 13 • The Scarecrow • Neighbors • The Haunted House • Hard Luck • The High Sign • The Goat • The Playhouse • The Boat • The Paleface • Cops • My Wife's Relations • The Blacksmith • The Frozen North • The Electric House • Daydreams • The Balloonatic • The Love Nest

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for Educational Pictures (1934-1937)

The Gold Ghost • Allez Oop • Palooka from Paducah • One Run Elmer • Hayseed Romance • Tars and Stripes • The E-Flat Man • The Timid Young Man • Three on a Limb • Grand Slam Opera • Blue Blazes • The Chemist • Mixed Magic • Jail Bait • Ditto • Love Nest on Wheels

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for Columbia Pictures (1939-1941)

Pest from the West • Mooching Through Georgia • Nothing but Pleasure • Pardon My Berth Marks • The Taming of the Snood • The Spook Speaks • His Ex Marks the Spot • So You Won't Squawk! • General Nuisance • She's Oil Mine

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for independent producers (1952-1966)

Paradise for Buster • Film • The Railrodder • The Scribe

Feature Films starring Buster Keaton (1920-1965)

The Saphead • Three Ages • Our Hospitality • Sherlock, Jr. • The Navigator • Seven Chances • Go West • Battling Butler • The General • College • Steamboat Bill Jr. • The Cameraman • Spite Marriage • Free and Easy • Doughboys • Parlor, Bedroom and Bath • Sidewalks of New York • Casanova wider Willen • The Passionate Plumber • Speak Easily • What! No Beer? • Le Roi des Champs-Élysées • The Invader • Moderno Barba Azul, El • Buster Keaton Rides Again

Feature Films with Buster Keaton, in featured or cameo role (1929-1966)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 • In the Good Old Summertime • Sunset Boulevard • Limelight • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
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