The Butcher Boy Poster
MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 361 this week

The Butcher Boy (1917)

30 min  -  Short | Comedy  -   23 April 1917 (USA)
6.5
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.5/10 from 534 users  
Reviews: 10 user | 4 critic

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing... See full summary »

 Loading+Watchlist

Watch it

Buy it from Amazon »

Related Lists

image of title
a list of 2,702 titles by MortalKombatFan1 created 9 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 250 titles by quietgiant2 created 01 Jan 2011
 
image of title
a list of 5 titles by nopainnogain06 created 7 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 11 titles by Poisonthewell created 1 month ago
 
image of title
a list of 174 titles by CUDIU created 3 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Pre-Order the Kindle Fire
Edit

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ...
Fatty / Saccharine (as 'Fatty' Arbuckle)
Buster Keaton ...
Al St. John Al St. John ...
Josephine Stevens Josephine Stevens ...
Arthur Earle Arthur Earle ...
Joe Bordeaux Joe Bordeaux ...
Accomplice (as Joe Bordeau)
Luke the Dog Luke the Dog
Edit

Storyline

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. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Molasses | General Store | Treadmill | Drag | Dinner  | See more »

Genres:

Short | Comedy

Parents Guide:

View content advisory »
Edit

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English (intertitles)

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Fatty boucher See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Comique Film Company See more »
Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White (tinted)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Buster Keaton's first scene during the flour fight was done all in one take; he later learned he was the only actor who ever did his first scene in his first film in a single take. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Buster drops a bucket of molasses on the floor, but as soon as he leaves the store both the bucket and the molasses puddle are gone. See more »

Quotes

Fatty: [dressed up as girls] Aren't you worried about splitting your mouth open even wider than it already is?
Alum: Don't worry about me, Sister.
See more »

Connections

Referenced in "The Ed Wynn Show: Episode #1.12" (1949) See more »