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A Reckless Romeo

191726 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

A husband's public flirtation and fight are recorded by a newsreel camera. When he later visits the cinema with his wife, the footage exposes him and brings his earlier opponent into another confrontation.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Norwegian.
This copy runs
26:18
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Norwegian. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Roscoe Arbuckle · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsRoscoe Arbuckle

Behind the scenes

The film was made during Arbuckle's final Keystone period and later released through Comique. Its central joke lets an event on the screen provoke a matching fight among the spectators.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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