The Butcher Boy (1917)
The Butcher Boy (1917)
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.

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Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle As: Fatty / Saccharine
Buster Keaton Buster Keaton As: Buster
Al St. John Al St. John As: Alum
Josephine Stevens Josephine Stevens As: Almondine
Arthur Earle Arthur Earle As: The Manager
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: A scream in two reels
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Comedy

Language: No Language

Release Date: 23 April 1917

Country: US

Runtime: 24m

Company Credits

Company: Comique Film Company, Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Fatty / Saccharine

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Buster

Al St. John

Al St. John

Alum

Josephine Stevens

Josephine Stevens

Almondine

Arthur Earle

Arthur Earle

The Manager

Joe Bordeaux

Joe Bordeaux

Accomplice

Charles Dudley

Charles Dudley

(uncredited)

Alice Lake

Alice Lake

Amanda (uncredited)

Agnes Neilson

Agnes Neilson

Miss Teachem (uncredited)

Luke the Dog

Luke the Dog

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Camera

Frank D. Williams

Frank D. Williams

Director of Photography

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