The Bell Boy (1918)

Directed by

Roscoe Arbuckle

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

33 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two bellboys work at a hotel and get into a series of mischievous antics. Their jobs lead to chaos involving guests and hotel equipment.

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What happens

The Bell Boy is a 1918 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for the Comique film company. The film stars Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as bellboys in the Elk's Head Hotel. Much of the material in the film was later re-used by Keaton in his 1937 film Love Nest on Wheels. One sequence involving a mop was reused by Keaton in one of his last film appearances in The Scribe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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