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Coney Island (1917) [NR]

Featuring:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Joe Bordeaux

Written by:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Directed by:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle


Release Date:
October 29, 1917

Original Title:
Coney Island

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Comique Film Company

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 25

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Overview from TheMovieDB

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.

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Overview from Open Movies

A rotund young man and his wife are spending the day at the beach at Coney Island. Feeling restless and wanting to go to the amusements at Luna Park, he ditches his wife. At the amusement park, he meets a pretty young woman. She arrived at the amusement park with one man, went in with another who had money to pay her entrance, before she ends up spending much of the day with the rotund husband, who managed to get the second man arrested. As the husband and the pretty young woman get into one misadventure after another, the first two men try to win back the affection of the pretty young woman, while the wife goes searching for her husband. The wife and the second man, who are old friends, team up in their quest, which leads to further misadventure for all five and the police.

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Rankings and Honors

Coney Island (1917) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.3/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Director of Photography:
George Peters

Editor:
Herbert Warren

Producer:
Joseph M. Schenck

Story:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

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