Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco | |
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Directed by | Roscoe Arbuckle Mabel Normand |
Produced by | Mack Sennett |
Starring | Roscoe Arbuckle Mabel Normand |
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Distributed by | Mutual Film Company |
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Running time | 9 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco is a 1915 American short comedy-documentary film both starring and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.
Production background
Producer Mack Sennett brought Arbuckle and Normand to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, also known as the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair. They turned the cameras around, using the Fair crowds as extras and the Fair itself as a free background. Arbuckle and Normand clowned around and interacted with the Fair's surprised attendees. The film ends with a nighttime view of the fair, including a scene with the "Captive Aeroplane", an early amusement ride.
Prints of the film exist in the Library of Congress film archive.[1]
Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as himself
- Mabel Normand as herself
- Hank Mann
- James Rolph Jr., Mayor of San Francisco, as himself (as Mayor Rolph)
- Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink as herself
- Al St. John
See also
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco". Silent Era. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
External links
- Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco at IMDb
- Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco available for free download at Internet Archive