• Fatty Arbuckle starring Fatty Arbuckle, Al St. John and • Buster Keaton . It was the last film co-starring Fatty and Buster together. The film contains the famous parody of Salome created by Arbuckle, who dances just like Theda Bara in the famous film, but with a whole set of pots on his body (4:55).
Synopsis . To boost the success of the restaurant, the chef of an elegant sea-view restaurant (Fatty Arbuckle) and his first waiter (Buster Keaton) perform clumsy dances during their shift, but a stranger /Al St. John) bursts into the restaurant (9:14) and forces a waitress to dance with him, thus ruining the cheerful atmosphere. The chef and the waiter fail to stand up to the bully, which the trusty dog Luke succeeds in doing, and puts him on the run.
(11:36) Later the chef and his waiters are all at the table together grappling with some Italian food... (14:43). The next day, the chef goes fishing with Luke, while the waiter takes the waitress to Luna-Park: the chef creates embarrassing snags with his fishing pole; instead, the waitress, separated from her companion, is chased by the intrusive stranger. The woman, stranded on the roller coaster overlooking the sea (17:37), jumps into the water and is promptly followed by the chef and the waiter who, in order to save her, end up soaking with her.
Cast
Fatty Arbuckle ... the chef (0:09)
Luke ... the dog (0:14)
Buster Keaton ... the cook's assistant (0:20)
Alice Lake ... the waitress (0:54)
Al St. John ... the robber (9:14)
The dog Luke was Fatty Arbuckle's pet and it starred in several of his films such as • Fatty macellaio (1917)... or • La sua notte di nozze ... .
Even after his master's departure, Luke would continue his acting career directed by Buster Keaton in such films as The Scarecrow
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