The Butcher Boy (1917)
With Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John, Buster Keaton, Joe Bordeaux, Josephine Stevens
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
The Butcher Boy is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Al St. John, Buster Keaton and Alice Lake. This was the first in Arbuckle's series of films with the Comique Film Corporation, and Keaton's film debut.
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