The Butcher Boy

1917 "A scream in two reels"

The Butcher Boy

6.3 | NR | en | Comedy

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.

6.3 | NR | en | Comedy

Synopsis

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

Roscoe Arbuckle , Buster Keaton , Al St. John

Director

Frank D. Williams

Producted By

Paramount , Comique Film Company

Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle

as Fatty / Saccharine

[2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1960] When Comedy Was King [1925] Go West [1921] Brewster's Millions [1920] The Round-Up [1918] Out West [1917] Oh, Doctor! [1914] Tango Tangle [1914] The Masquerader

Buster Keaton

as Buster

[2022] A Possible Future... [2019] Barney's Wall [2018] The Great Buster: A Celebration [2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1966] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1965] How to Stuff a Wild Bikini [1964] Pajama Party [1960] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [1960] When Comedy Was King

Al St. John

as Alum

[2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1952] The Frontier Phantom [1950] The Daltons' Women [1948] Frontier Revenge [1947] Cheyenne Takes Over [1947] Stage to Mesa City [1947] Border Feud [1946] Overland Riders [1946] Terrors on Horseback