Fatty's New Role

1915 Comedy 13 minutes Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

About Fatty's New Role

Fatty, a hobo, is thrown out of Ambrose Schnitz's saloon. A bomb threat then hits the bar. The bartender, the patrons, and the cops empty into the street in a panic while Fatty, still outside, becomes the man they think planted it.

Cast & crew

More about Fatty's New Role

Arbuckle directed. Sennett produced. Mutual released it on February 1, 1915. One reel, 1,025 feet. Working title: German Saloon Story. The negative was finished toward Mutual on January 22.

Themes

Preservation

A print exists.

Notes

  • Mack Swain plays bar owner Ambrose Schnitz. Slim Summerville is the bartender. Al St. John is a cop. Luke the Dog is in the cast.
  • The film is extant.

Scenes

  • The bar empties into the street after the bomb threat.
  • The hobo they just ejected is the man they chase.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-fattys-new-role)