The Bell Boy

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Mar 1, 2020 The Bell Boy (1918) Staring Roscoe Arbuckle & Buster Keaton It is a Slap stick comedy with a lot of tricks. I like the scene in the barber shop where they change a hair style from looking like Russian Rasputin to Ulysses S Grant, to Abram Lincoln to a Civil War figure by cutting the hair. It is crazy seeing an elevator functioning with horses to pull the elevator up and down the different floors. I was unaware that some elevators back in the day functioned that way. See more Mar 9, 2012 Buster and Fatty work as bell boys at a third-rate motel and lodge and deal with scary customers, a beautiful woman, and a bank robbery. Quite possibly their best short together. If not, it's certainly one of the funniest. Buster is more of Fatty's co-star in this picture, unlike their other films where Buster has a small role. In this film, Buster gets to display his incredible talent as a pantomime and a stuntman, with some ingenious gags (the window wiping scene? Yes!) that only Buster could have pulled off. Or so I thought. One of the underrated actors in Fatty's troupe was Al St. John. He appeared in almost all their films, and he somehow managed to hold his own against Buster in this film, both as a comedian and stuntman. The Bell Boy is funny, silly, and loads of fun. The story's not that great, and there's nothing else that really makes this film worth watching aside from the great humor. Even so, The Bell Boy won't disappoint. See more Nov 9, 2011 What a wacky hotel they're running in this movie! This short is really funny, full of good jokes and gags. A must-see. See more Oct 9, 2011 another funny silent with comedy duo keaton & fatty. See more Read all reviews

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