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The Butcher Boy (1917)

"A scream in two reels"

6.1/10 0h 24m Apr 23, 1917
Comedy

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Butcher Boy
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Fatty / Saccharine
Popularity: 0.4
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Buster
Popularity: 0.8
Al St. John
Al St. John
Alum
Popularity: 0.4
Josephine Stevens
Josephine Stevens
Almondine
Popularity: 0.1
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Arthur Earle
The Manager
Popularity: 0.1
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Joe Bordeaux
Accomplice
Popularity: 0.7
Charles Dudley
Charles Dudley
(uncredited)
Popularity: 0.2
Alice Lake
Alice Lake
Amanda (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.7
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Agnes Neilson
Miss Teachem (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1
Luke the Dog
Luke the Dog
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Editor Herbert Warren
Director Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Producer Joseph M. Schenck

Production

Comique Film Company
US
Paramount Pictures
US

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Keywords

silent film drag molasses general store treadmill short film

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Rating
6.1
/10

Based on 65 votes

Details
Release Date April 23, 1917
Runtime 0h 24m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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