A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Buster Keaton (left) and Roscoe Arbuckle. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle (Roscoe Arbuckle) [a mechanic/fireman], Buster Keaton [a mechanic/fireman], Molly Malone [the garage owner’s daughter], Harry McCoy, Daniel Crimmins, [?] Monty Banks? [the man with a dog], [?] Charles Dorety? [a car owner], [?] Polly Moran? [the shocked woman], [?] Alice Lake?, Luke the dog

Comique Film Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [Paramount-Arbuckle Comedy]. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Jean Havez. Cinematography by Elgin Lessley. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 15 December 1919 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP14555]. Released 11 January 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at the Henry Lehrman studio (the Thomas H. Ince studio) in Culver City, California. Keaton’s last film with Arbuckle before becoming a solo performer.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Transportation: Automobiles

Listing updated: 26 August 2023.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 116; Brownlow-Parade p. 479; Dardis-Keaton p. 287; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 266; Kerr-Silent pp. 118, 124, 126 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.