silent film,drag,molasses,general store,treadmill,short film

The Butcher Boy (1917)

Poster for The Butcher Boy

A scream in two reels

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

Cast & Crew

Director
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
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    Fatty / Saccharine Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
  • Profile picture of Buster Keaton
    Buster Buster Keaton
  • Profile picture of Al St. John
    Alum Al St. John
  • Profile picture of Josephine Stevens
    Almondine Josephine Stevens
  • Profile picture of Charles Dudley
    (uncredited) Charles Dudley
  • Profile picture of Alice Lake
    Amanda (uncredited) Alice Lake
  • Profile picture of Luke the Dog
    Luke the Dog

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Keywords

  • silent film
  • drag
  • molasses
  • general store
  • treadmill
  • short film