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Coney Island

191724 minUnited States
Comedy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
25:27
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Roscoe Arbuckle · Public domain

Synopsis

A husband slips away from his wife at Coney Island and joins a contest for another woman's attention. Rides, bathing costumes, disguises and policemen turn a seaside outing into a chain of rivalries and escapes.

Cast

DirectorsRoscoe Arbuckle

Behind the scenes

The amusement park's real attractions provide much of the action. The surviving edition used here is a restoration assembled from several archival elements, with reconstructed English intertitles.

Reception and legacy

This early Buster Keaton appearance includes smiles and exaggerated expressions that differ from his later screen persona.

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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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