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Fatty and Mabel Adrift

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Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Original 1916 theatrical poster
Directed byRoscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Written byRoscoe "Fatty' Arbuckle
Produced byMack Sennett
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 9, 1916 (1916-01-09)
Running time
34 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English (original intertitles)

Fatty and Mabel Adrift is a 1916 Keystone short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Al St. John.

Plot

The story involves Arbuckle as a farm boy marrying his sweetheart, Normand. They have their honeymoon with Fatty's dog Luke, at a cottage on the seashore. At high tide that night, Al St. John (Fatty's rival) and his confederates set the cottage adrift. Fatty and Mabel awaken the next morning to find themselves surrounded by water in their bedroom, and the house afloat.

Cast

Scene from Fatty and Mabel Adrift, the one used in graphic form on the film's theatrical poster

Critical response

Roscoe, Luke and Mabel receive a surprise.

Variety in its 1916 review gives the film a positive review, commenting that "the picture is amusing with some new and good effects, without the customary dose of messy slapstick one expects in a Keystone with these principals."[1] As was often the case in contemporary reviews of Arbuckle films, the direction of the film is singled out for praise, although it is not mentioned that Arbuckle himself is the director. The review mentions "a dandy lightning storm is a feature of the film and there are some pretty views of breakers rushing on to the shore."[1] The review also contends that Al St. John's performance is not as good as his usual work for Keystone but adds, "The picture is a sure laugh maker and as it is fairly clean, it is the more worthy."[1]

Fatty and Mabel Adrift was the closing movie of the 56-film Arbuckle retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in April and May 2006. Prior to the presentation of this short, the event's curators cited the film as their favorite of Arbuckle's screen productions.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fatty and Mabel Adrift" (film review) in Variety Weekly. February 4, 1916.
  2. ^ "Rediscovering Roscoe: The Careers of 'Fatty' Arbuckle", Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Manhattan, New York, April 20–May 15, 2006; curators' comments archived in MoMA's schedule of film offerings at that event. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
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