Moonshine (1918)

A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his ... See full summary »

Director:

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Writers:

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (screenplay), Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (story)

Stars:

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle	...	Revenue Agent
Buster Keaton	...	Revenue Agent
Al St. John	...	Mountain Man
Alice Lake	...	Moonshiner's Daughter
Charles Dudley	...	Moonshine Leader
Joe Bordeaux	...	(as Joe Bordeau)

Storyline

A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant. The revenuers search high and low for the secret hideaway where the mountain people prepare illegal alcohol, but end up in deep trouble that only a little movie magic can save them from.

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Plot Keywords:

revenue agent | feud | bootlegger | reverse footage | breaking the fourth wall | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1918 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chiaro di luna

Filming Locations:

Balboa Amusement Film Studios - Sixth Street and Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Comique Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min 7 min (remaining footage)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Leading lady Alice Lake suffered an injury on the set of this film, according to an article in the December 1918 issue of Photoplay magazine. She was preparing to mount a horse when the horse stepped on her foot. Fortunately, Alice was standing on a sandy surface at the time and no bones were broken, but her foot was sore for weeks afterward.

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Quotes

Alices Father: Calm down, my child. Wait until you're married to start hitting him
Moonshiner's Daughter: I'll never marry that big gorilla!

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Connections

Featured in Silent Clowns: Buster Keaton (2006)

User Reviews

Keaton and Arbuckle

Moonshine (1918)

Not Rated

Fatty and Buster travel into the woods to break up a moonshine ring but are captured by the rednecks. Only fragments of this short are known to exist, which is a shame because what's available is pretty funny. Fatty staging his suicide is the highlight of what's available.

Bell Boy, The (1918)

** (out of 4)

Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton play bell boy's at a lavish hotel where trouble is always happening. Not too many laughs here, although there are some good stunts involving an elevator as well as a nice scene where a bearded Satan looking guy is transformed into other people by a haircut.