Silent films with intertitles and musical accompaniment. Mabel Normand, Fatty Arbuckle, Ford Sterling, Joseph Greybill, Al St. John, Mack Sennett.
Contents:
He did and he didn't / Triangle Film Corp ; director, Fatty Arbuckle, 1916 (18:30). Barney Oldfield's race for a life / the Keystone Film Co. ; director, Mack Sennett, 1913 (11:36) -- A muddy romance / the Keystone Film Co. ; director, Mack Sennett, 1913 (11:53) -- Saved From Himself / Biograph Company ; director, D.W. Griffith, 1911 (113:33) -- He did and he didn't / Triangle Film Corp ; director, Fatty Arbuckle, 1916 (18:30).
Summary:
Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco: Mabel & Fatty tour the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Score for this short is based on music originally written for the 1915 World's Fair. Barney Oldfield's race for a life: villainous Ford Sterling chains Mabel to the railroad track! A muddy romance: rivals vie for Mabel's hand in Keystone fashion. Includes the complete final sequence. It has been said this title contains the first "pie in the face" ever filmed. Saved from himself: a young clerk is saved from dishonor by his sweetheart's influence. He did and he didn't: Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Wm. Jefferson, Al St. John. Fatty and Mabel spend "their usual evening" together in this unique offering.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)71358383
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.