Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.
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- TriviaIncluded in "The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle" DVD collection, released by Mackinac Media and Laughsmith Entertainment.
- GoofsWhen Fatty's wife's purse is stolen, the "pickpocket" has a cigarette in his mouth. The next shot shows him hooking her purse off her lap with his cane, and no cigarette is visible in his hands or mouth. Next, when he rises off the bench after acquiring the contents of the purse, he again is smoking a cigarette.
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Has Some Funny Moments Using Standard Material
In this short comedy, Roscoe Arbuckle and the rest of the Keystone cast and crew make use of some of their standard gag ideas and story material to produce some funny moments. Arbuckle plays the kind of put-upon husband character that he was often using at the time, and his character is put into a series of comic situations, most of which work.
The story has Arbuckle and his domineering wife visiting the park and becoming entangled with another couple, one of whom is a purse snatcher. Arbuckle has some scenes with his stern wife, played by Billie Bennett, and he has some engaging moments with Minta Durfee as the purse snatcher's companion. It's always interesting to observe that on-screen Arbuckle usually had better chemistry with Mabel Normand, but this feature is one of his better pairings with Durfee, as they do work well together in their scenes.
Harry McCoy, as the purse snatcher, and Frank Hayes, as a park policeman, also have some good moments. There are some clever gags that make continual use of the wife's purse and the men's canes, and they help to pull the story together. The material is nothing new, but most of it is entertaining, and it moves quickly once it gets going.
The story has Arbuckle and his domineering wife visiting the park and becoming entangled with another couple, one of whom is a purse snatcher. Arbuckle has some scenes with his stern wife, played by Billie Bennett, and he has some engaging moments with Minta Durfee as the purse snatcher's companion. It's always interesting to observe that on-screen Arbuckle usually had better chemistry with Mabel Normand, but this feature is one of his better pairings with Durfee, as they do work well together in their scenes.
Harry McCoy, as the purse snatcher, and Frank Hayes, as a park policeman, also have some good moments. There are some clever gags that make continual use of the wife's purse and the men's canes, and they help to pull the story together. The material is nothing new, but most of it is entertaining, and it moves quickly once it gets going.
- Snow Leopard
- Nov 21, 2005
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- Fatty fait une conquête
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- Runtime13 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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