Backstage (1919) Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John

Released in September 7, 1919
CAST
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Stagehand
Buster Keaton as Stagehand
Al St. John as Stagehand
Charles A. Post as Strongman / Professor Onion
Molly Malone as Strongman's Assistant / Fatima
John Henry Coogan Jr. as Eccentric Dancer
PRODUCTION / CREW
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Written by Jean Havez
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematography by Elgin Lessley
Score by Richard Goodman
Additional Music Credits
Slap Happy Riddim by Konrad OldMoney - KZbin Library
Sunset Riddim by Konrad OldMoney - KZbin Library

[@echoecho3108]

Thanx so much for sharing this wonderful classic! I've adored Buster fior 70+ years now. I hadn't seen all of his work with his pal and mentor, Roscoe, so thank you! 💕 😊 👍

[@kmterpin]

Hilarious! Amazing they got away with "Miss Skinny will undress here at 2pm" on the outdoor stage poster, Lol! Love seeing Buster's earlier work affiliation with Arbuckle. Every scene is chock full of quirky stunts & laughs, which I didn't feel was always the case when Roscoe worked with Mabel Normand.

[@garryferrington811]

The villain shooting the girl was quite a shock in a two-reel comedy. Kind of put a damper on the laffs.

[@ilics2006]

This isn't a full version - the original movie is 26 minutes long

[@ricardoguzman6841]

Correct. Many silent films are incomplete due to extensive damage to extant copies. Some are the *censored version* by the city council (very common during the Prohibition and Hays era). The censored prints were used by the theaters during the reissue of the 20's, those are the basis for existing 8mm and 16mm copies that were later digitized for home video use, not a complete one from the original negative, which is lost, destroyed by the studio. Do you know if a complete 26:30 version even survives? Because as we know, if a longer version exists, it's simply because of the additional time from incorporated titles, credits, altered intertitles or/and adjusted slower frames per second, not because that particular copy has any "missing" scene.

[@garryferrington811]

The end seems truncated.

[@johninglis3880]

This version includes more of Arbuckle and the plastering near the beginning, but in a poor copy, kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4WXhGxnapmNZrMsi=zz162z_2-_LUfLuu

[@roscoearbuckle2]

Breaktime.😂