roscoe Fatty Arbuckle Films

 

SURVIVING ROSCOE “FATTY” ARBUCKLE FILMS

(Based on the best‑documented archival sources; survival status varies.)

⭐ KEYSTONE ERA (1913–1916)

Many survive; several are fragmentary; some are lost. Notable surviving titles include:

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• Fatty’s Plucky Pup

• Fatty’s Tintype Tangle

• Fatty and Mabel Adrift

• Mabel and Fatty’s Wash Day

• Fatty’s Reckless Fling

• Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance

• Fatty’s Faithful Fido

• Fatty’s New Role

• Fatty’s Spooning Days

• Fatty’s Suitless Day

• Fatty’s Wine Party

• The Knockout (with Chaplin)

• The Rounders (with Chaplin)

Partially surviving / fragmentary:

• A Flirt’s Mistake

• Fatty’s Finish

• Fatty’s Gift

Lost: Several early Keystone shorts are missing entirely.

⭐ COMIQUE ERA (1917–1920)

This is the best‑preserved period, thanks to Buster Keaton’s involvement and later rediscovery efforts.

Surviving (complete or nearly complete):

• The Butcher Boy (1917)

• A Reckless Romeo (1917)

• The Rough House (1917)

• His Wedding Night (1917)

• Oh, Doctor! (1917)

• Coney Island (1917)

• Out West (1918)

• The Bell Boy (1918)

• Moonshine (1918)

• Good Night, Nurse! (1918)

• Back Stage (1919)

• The Hayseed (1919)

• The Garage (1920)

Partially surviving:

• The Cook (1918) — incomplete but significant portions survive.

⭐ FEATURE FILMS (1918–1921)

Arbuckle’s features survive unevenly; some complete, some fragmentary.

Surviving or partially surviving:

• The Round-Up (1920) — survives

• The Life of the Party (1920) — survives

• Brewster’s Millions (1921) — survives

• Leap Year (1921) — survives (released abroad; rediscovered later)

• Gasoline Gus (1921) — survives

• The Traveling Salesman (1921) — survives

Lost or fragmentary: Some features exist only in incomplete form.

⭐ POST‑SCANDAL SHORTS (as “William Goodrich,” 1924–1932)

Arbuckle directed under a pseudonym; many of these films survive, though scattered across archives.

Surviving titles include:

• Curses! (1925)

• My Old Kentucky Home (1926)

• The Red Mill (1927, director)

• Special Delivery (1927, director)

• The Carnival Girl (1926)

• The Iron Mule (1925)

⭐ LATE CAREER (1932–1933)

Arbuckle returned to the screen shortly before his death.

Surviving shorts for Vitaphone (ALL survive):

• Hey, Pop! (1932)

• In the Dough (1932)

• Buzzin’ Around (1933)

• How’ve You Been? (1933)

• Bridge Wives (1933)

• Tomalio (1933)

These are complete and widely available.

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