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6.1/10 • 64

1917-04-23 • 0h 24m

Comedy

A scream in two reels

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

Directors
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Editors
Herbert Warren

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  1. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

    Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

    Fatty / Saccharine

  2. Buster Keaton

    Buster Keaton

    Buster

  3. Al St. John

    Al St. John

    Alum

  4. Josephine Stevens

    Josephine Stevens

    Almondine

  5. Arthur Earle

    Arthur Earle

    The Manager

  6. Joe Bordeaux

    Joe Bordeaux

    Accomplice

  7. Charles Dudley

    Charles Dudley

    (uncredited)

  8. Alice Lake

    Alice Lake

    Amanda (uncredited)

  9. Agnes Neilson

    Agnes Neilson

    Miss Teachem (uncredited)

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
silent filmdragmolassesgeneral storetreadmillshort film