Coney Island (1917 film)
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French theatrical poster to Coney Island
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| Directed by | Roscoe Arbuckle |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Roscoe Arbuckle |
| Starring | Roscoe Arbuckle Buster Keaton Al St. John |
| Cinematography | George Peters |
| Edited by | Herbert Warren |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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24 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Coney Island (also known as Fatty at Coney Island) is a 1917 American silent short comedy film written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.
Synopsis
The twenty-four-minute film follows Arbuckle's antics at Coney Island, the New York City amusement park and beach resort, where he sneaks away from his wife to enjoy the attractions, gets a rival for another woman arrested, and disguises himself as a woman. The Keystone Kops are also featured.
Coney Island was filmed before Keaton had fully established his screen persona. Because of this, he employs a wide range of facial expressions, including mugging and laughing, differing drastically from his subsequent unsmiling, but still eloquent, expression.
Arbuckle breaks the fourth wall in one scene where, about to change his clothes, he directly looks at the camera and gestures for it to raise its view above his waist; the camera obligingly does so.
Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Fatty
- Agnes Neilson - Fatty's wife
- Al St. John - Old friend of Fatty's wife
- Buster Keaton - Rival / cop with mustache
- Alice Mann - Pretty girl
- Joe Bordeaux - Sledgehammer Man / Cop (as Joe Bordeau)
- Jimmy Bryant
- Alice Lake
Production notes
The film was shot on location at Coney Island, and prominently features many contemporary rides and attractions as venues for the slapstick action. These include The Witching Waves and Shoot-the-Chutes.
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Coney Island was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of a scene with a girl raising her dress above her knee.[2]
See also
References
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- The short film Coney Island is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Coney Island at IMDb
- Coney Island at AllMovie
- Progressive Silent Film List: Coney Island at silentera.com
- Coney Island on YouTube
- Coney Island at the International Buster Keaton Society
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- 1917 films
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- 1910s comedy films
- American comedy films
- American silent short films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Cross-dressing in film
- Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
- Films set in Brooklyn
- Films shot in New York City
- Paramount Pictures short films
- Coney Island
- Films set in amusement parks
- Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck
- Screenplays by Roscoe Arbuckle
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