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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1388

The Garage

192025 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 21:41
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 mechanics also serve as firefighters, a combination that leaves plenty of room for confusion. A rejected suitor raises a false alarm before starting a real fire, forcing the pair to return and rescue the garage owner's daughter.

Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle

Buster Keaton

DirectorsRoscoe Arbuckle

Historical context

This was Arbuckle and Keaton's last film together before their careers moved in different directions. The restored edition combines surviving tinted prints and preserves the short's English intertitles.

Sources and availability

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

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

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