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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1432

Fatty Joins the Force

191312 minUnited States

Synopsis

A reluctant rescue earns a timid man a place on the police force. His new uniform impresses his girlfriend, but street fights and mischievous children quickly expose the gap between his position and his confidence.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 12:33
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · George Nichols · Public domain

Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle

DirectorsGeorge Nichols

Behind the scenes

Roscoe Arbuckle leads the Keystone comedy, with the studio's policemen appearing in support. The uniform becomes both a badge of authority and a practical source of trouble.

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Roscoe Arbuckle — Photographer uncredited; https://archive.org/stream/starsofphotopla00phot#page/n25/mode/2up · Public domain

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