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The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
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The Butcher Boy

“A scream in two reels”

★ 6.1 Rating•24 min•1917
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Overview

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

Roscoe Arbuckle

Fatty / Saccharine

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Buster

Al St. John

Al St. John

Alum

Josephine Stevens

Josephine Stevens

Almondine

N/A

Arthur Earle

The Manager

N/A

Joe Bordeaux

Accomplice

Charles Dudley

Charles Dudley

(uncredited)

Alice Lake

Alice Lake

Amanda (uncredited)

N/A

Agnes Neilson

Miss Teachem (uncredited)

N/A

Luke the Dog

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Details

StatusReleased
Release DateApril 23, 1917
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
GenresComedy

Keywords

silent filmdragmolassesgeneral storetreadmillshort film

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