In a drugstore Al and Roscoe are rivals for Alice. Roscoe slings melons and operates the gas pump. Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice, begins modeling it, is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
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| Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | ... |
Drugstore Soda Clerk
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| Al St. John | ... |
Rival Suitor
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| Buster Keaton | ... |
Delivery Boy
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| Alice Mann | ... |
Alice
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Arthur Earle |
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Jimmy Bryant |
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| Josephine Stevens | ... |
Lady Customer
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| Alice Lake |
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Virginia Rappe | ... |
Woman in Car (uncredited)
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| Natalie Talmadge | ... |
Pretty Lady in Car (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | ||
Written by
| Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | ... | (story) |
| Joseph Anthony Roach | ... | (story) |
Cinematography by
| George Peters | ||
Editing by
| Herbert Warren | ||
Additional Crew
| Joseph M. Schenck | ... | presenter |
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- Paramount Pictures (1917) (United States) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
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| Taglines | Watermelons, soda water, pretty cashiers and Fatty combine to make a mixture that will tickle your sense of humor. (Print Ad-Easton Free Press, ((Easton, Penna.)) 6 September 1917) See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | One of the few films in which Buster Keaton smiles. See more » |
| Goofs | When the second woman to try on the perfume comes, she leans against Fatty's freshly painted sign advertising $4.00/oz. However, instead of the sign showing up reversed on her dress, it shows up so we can read it - which is not the way it would have imprinted itself. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (2023). See more » |