A Country Hero
ShortComedy
This was the film debut of Joe Keaton, Buster's dad. In one scene he kicks each of the principals into a horse trough. Roscoe owns a blacksmith shop and Joe a garage in the town of Jazzville. They are rivals for schoolteacher Alic...
Director
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Writers
N/A
Stars
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John
Release Date
December 10, 1917
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
as Village Blacksmith
Buster Keaton
as Vaudeville Artist
Al St. John
as City Gent
Alice Lake
as Schoolteacher
Joe Keaton
as Cy Klone, Garage Owner
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Scott Pembroke
Natalie Talmadge
as Bit Part
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Mohave Desert, California, USA
Production
Comique Film Company
🏷️ Keywords
romantic rivalrygarageschoolteacherblacksmithvaudeville
🎯 Categories
ComedyShort
💡 Did You Know?
This film is lost; the only one of Buster Keaton's films that is so.
📖 Synopsis
This was the film debut of Joe Keaton, Buster's dad. In one scene he kicks each of the principals into a horse trough. Roscoe owns a blacksmith shop and Joe a garage in the town of Jazzville. They are rivals for schoolteacher Alic...