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The Butcher Boy
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The Butcher Boy 1917 Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language No Language
Gnere Comedy
Production Companies Paramount Pictures , Comique Film Company
Release Date 23 April 1917
24 mins
Cast
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty / Saccharine
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton Buster
Al St. John
Al St. John Alum
Josephine Stevens
Josephine Stevens Almondine
Arthur Earle
Arthur Earle The Manager
Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux Accomplice
Charles Dudley
Charles Dudley (uncredited)
Alice Lake
Alice Lake Amanda (uncredited)
Agnes Neilson
Agnes Neilson Miss Teachem (uncredited)
Luke the Dog
Luke the Dog
Crew
Director
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Producer
Joseph M. Schenck
Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematography
Frank D. Williams
Frank D. Williams
Editor
Herbert Warren
Herbert Warren
Story
Joseph Anthony Roach
Joseph Anthony Roach
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle