A Reckless Romeo
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A Reckless Romeo
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In Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's second independent two-reeler, Fatty goes to the park and flirts with another man's girl (Alice Lake). As a result, he gets a sound thrashing. To explain his injuries when he gets home to his family, he spins a wild tale about how he came to the defense of a little blind woman. The truth comes out a few nights later when he and his folks go to a cinema, and they see that Fatty's escapade in the park has been filmed for posterity. The object of his flirtation is there with her boyfriend, and all mayhem breaks loose. ~ Janiss Garza, RoviCast
Al St. John; Alice Lake; Agnes Neilson; Corinne ParquetCredit
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Director, Herbert Warren - Editor, Frank D. Williams - Cinematographer, Joseph M. Schenck - Producer, Joe Roach - Screen Story, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Screenwriter| A Reasonable Man (1999 Film), A Reason to Live (1985 Film) | |
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A Reckless Romeo
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| Directed by | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
| Written by | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Joseph Anthony Roach |
| Starring | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
| Cinematography | Frank D. Williams |
| Editing by | Herbert Warren |
| Release date(s) | May 21, 1917 |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
A Reckless Romeo is a 1917 short silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.
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Production background
The film was produced by the Comique Film Corporation when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. Some shots were done at Palisades Amusement Park. [1][2][3]
Plot
A philandering husband's public flirtation with a beautiful girl -- and the resulting brawl with the woman's boyfriend -- are captured by a newsreel cameraman. When the husband takes his wife and her mother out to the movies, the footage is shown on-screen. The husband tries to flee the theater, only to be spotted and leaped on by the woman's boyfriend, treating views to two simultaneous fights between the same two men, both on-screen and in the aisle.
Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Husband
- Al St. John as Rival
- Corinne Parquet as Wife
- Agnes Neilson as Mother-in-Law
- Alice Lake as Girl in Park
- Jimmy Bryant
- Joe Bordeaux as Newsreel director (uncredited)
Preservation status
Prints of the film survive in the film archive at George Eastman House. A print was discovered in 1998 in the Norwegian Film Archive in an unmarked canister with The Cook (1918).[4]
See also
References
- ^ Kozarski, Ricchard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8, http://books.google.nl/books?id=5w0r8YKan04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee:+the+film+town+Door+Richard+Koszarski&hl=nl&ei=fyO4TcjINoKeOpr32LsP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. http://www.fortleefilm.org/studios.html. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5, http://books.google.com/books?id=ViR3b72xkK0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fort+Lee+Birthplace+of+the+Motion+Picture+Industry&hl=nl&ei=ah3lTdmHMY7rObrH9bIG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: A Reckless Romeo". Silent Era. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RecklessRomeo1917.html. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
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