Coney Island (1917 film)

Coney Island
Fatty rides "The Whip" in Coney Island
Directed by	Roscoe Arbuckle
Written by	Roscoe Arbuckle
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck
Starring	Roscoe Arbuckle Buster Keaton Al St. John
Cinematography	George Peters
Edited by	Herbert Warren
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	29 October 1917
Running time	24 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

Coney Island (1917), also known as Fatty at Coney Island, is a short silent film comedy written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The twenty-four minute film follows Arbuckle's antics at Coney Island, the New York City amusement park and beach resort, where he sneaks away from his wife to enjoy the attractions, gets a rival for another woman arrested, and disguises himself as a woman. The Keystone Kops are also featured.

Coney Island was filmed before Keaton had fully established his screen persona. Because of this, he employs a wide range of facial expressions, including mugging and laughing, differing drastically from his subsequent unsmiling, but still eloquent, expression

Arbuckle breaks the fourth wall in one scene where, about to change his clothes, he directly looks at the camera and gestures for it to raise its view above his waist; the camera obligingly does so.

The film was shot on location at Coney Island, and prominently features many contemporary rides and attractions as venues for the slapstick action.

Cast

• Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Fatty
• Agnes Neilson - Fatty's wife
• Al St. John - Old friend of Fatty's wife
• Buster Keaton - Rival / cop with moustache
• Alice Mann - Pretty girl
• Joe Bordeaux - Sledgehammer Man / Cop (as Joe Bordeau)
• Jimmy Bryant
• Alice Lake

See also

• List of American films of 1917
• Fatty Arbuckle filmography
• Buster Keaton filmography

External links

• Coney Island at IMDb
• Template:Amg movie
• The first 10 minutes of the film on youtube