Out West
About Out West
After he is thrown off a train and chased, Fatty reaches Mad Dog Gulch. He sides with gambler and saloon owner Bill Bullhum to keep Wild Bill Hickup away from Salvation Sue. Hickup's weakness is that he is ticklish. Roscoe Arbuckle plays Fatty. Buster Keaton and Al St. John are with him. Alice Lake plays Sue.
Cast & crew
More about Out West
Arbuckle directed. Natalie Talmadge supplied the story idea. Joseph M. Schenck produced it. Paramount released the two-reeler. It runs 25 minutes. It was the first of Arbuckle's Comique films shot on the West Coast. The earlier five were made in and around New York. Joe Keaton is billed. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The short is a satire on Westerns of the time.
- Talmadge later became Keaton's first wife. The English Wikipedia credits her with the story idea.
- The Internet Archive identifier is OutWest.
Scenes
- Fatty is thrown from the train and arrives in Mad Dog Gulch.
- Hickup is stopped when they find he cannot stand being tickled.
Also available
- Internet Archive (OutWest)
