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The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy (1917)

April. 23,1917

6.3

| Comedy

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

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Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle as Fatty / Saccharine

[2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1960] When Comedy Was King [1925] Go West [1921] Brewster's Millions [1920] The Round-Up [1918] Out West

Buster Keaton as Buster

[2022] A Possible Future... [2019] Barney's Wall [2018] The Great Buster: A Celebration [2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1966] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1965] How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

Al St. John as Alum

[2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1952] The Frontier Phantom [1950] The Daltons' Women [1948] Frontier Revenge [1947] Cheyenne Takes Over [1947] Stage to Mesa City

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Reviews

Tedfoldol

1917/04/23

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Nessieldwi

1917/04/24

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

HomeyTao

1917/04/25

For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

Ava-Grace Willis

1917/04/26

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.