Fatty’s Faithful Fido
About Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty and his dog drink from a hose outside a Chinese laundry, under a sign for a ball at the athletic club. Fatty and Al are both after Minta. Fatty sets the dog on Al. Al sends two thugs to rough Fatty up at the club. The dog turns the beating around.
Cast & crew
More about Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Keystone made it for Mutual. Arbuckle directed and stars. Mack Sennett's name is on the copyright; the print carries no cast or crew cards. Copyrighted and released March 20, 1915. One reel, 1,025 feet. Working title: Fatty the Tough. Shipped toward Mutual's New York office on March 14.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The dog is Luke, Arbuckle's own dog, though a later note on one fan log also calls him Duke.
- Al St. John is the rival. Minta Durfee is the sweetheart. W. H. Productions reissued the short in 1918 as Fatty the Bouncer.
- Nine intertitle cards are in the surviving print.
Scenes
- Fatty and Luke take turns drinking from a running hose.
- The thugs' ambush at the club turns when the dog joins in.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-fattys-faithful-fido)
