The Bell Boy
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| Directed by | Fatty Arbuckle |
| Starring | Fatty Arbuckle Buster Keaton |
| Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
| Editing by | Herbert Warren |
| Release date(s) | 18 March 1918[1] |
| Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
The Bell Boy is a short film produced and released in 1918 by the Comique film company.
The film stars Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as bellboys in Elk's Head Hotel. They cause trouble with each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse, a sham robbery turns into a real one, and there is a chase on a runaway trolley. Much of the material in this film was later re-used by Keaton in his 1937 film "Love Nest On Wheels". One sequence involving a mop was reused by Keaton in his last film appearance, in The Scribe.
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[edit] Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Bellboy, barber
- Buster Keaton - Bellboy
- Al St. John - Desk Clerk
- Alice Lake - Cutie Cuticle, manicurist
- Joe Keaton - Guest
- Charles Dudley - Guest
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[edit] References
- ^ Knopf, Robert (2 August 1999). The theater and cinema of Buster Keaton. Princeton University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780691004426. http://books.google.com/books?id=fU5qDx7tawIC&pg=PA180. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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