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The Bell Boy

191833 minUnited States
Comedy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
25:52
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Roscoe Arbuckle · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Synopsis

Two bellboys compete for a new manicurist's attention while mishandling the hotel's daily work. A plan to stage a heroic rescue collides with a real bank robbery, turning the performance into an actual pursuit.

Cast

DirectorsRoscoe Arbuckle

Behind the scenes

Arbuckle and Keaton use lifts, luggage and barbering as comic equipment. A guest's changing facial hair also draws on recognizable public figures of the period.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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