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| Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | ... |
Mr Rough
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Al St. John | ... |
Cook
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| Buster Keaton | ... |
Gardener /
Delivery Boy /
Cop
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Alice Lake | ... |
Mrs Rough
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Agnes Neilson | ... |
Mother-in-Law
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Glen Cavender |
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Josephine Stevens |
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Roscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. John, then a cop.
This short comedy has some very good moments that make up for other stretches that are more routine. There are also a couple of classic gags worth watching for in themselves. The setting has 'Mr. Rough' (Arbuckle) trying to endure a visit from his mother-in-law, with Keaton and Al St. John on hand to create additional havoc. The two best gags come right at the beginning: watch for Fatty's fire-fighting technique, later imitated by other comedians, and then right after that Fatty improvises a gag that Charlie Chaplin later refined and made into a classic - it's a nice surprise, and worth watching for. And after that, the rest of the film also has some good moments that fans of Arbuckle and Keaton should enjoy.