Bright Lights | |
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Directed by | Roscoe Arbuckle |
Produced by | Mack Sennett |
Starring | Roscoe Arbuckle Mabel Normand Al St. John |
Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Bright Lights is a 1916 American short comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle [1] and starring Arbuckle, Mabel Normand and Al St. John.
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Al St. John was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on screen. St. John was employed by Mack Sennett and also worked with many other leading players such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Mabel Normand. His film career successfully transitioned from the silent era into sound, and by the late 1930s and 1940s he was working predominantly in Westerns, often portraying the scruffy comedy-relief character "Fuzzy Q. Jones". Among his notable performances in that role are in the "Billy the Kid" series of films released by the Producers Releasing Corporation from 1940 to 1946 and in that company's "Lone Rider" series from 1941 to 1943.
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A Noise from the Deep is a 1913 American short silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The film was directed and produced by Mack Sennett and also features the Keystone Cops on horseback. A Noise from the Deep still exists and was screened four times in 2006 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of a 56-film retrospective of all known surviving Arbuckle movies.
Shotguns That Kick is a 1914 comedy short starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Arbuckle's acrobatic nephew Al St. John. The film was directed by Arbuckle.
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Mabel and Fatty's Married Life is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
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Luke the Dog (1913–1926) was an American Pit Bull Terrier that performed as a recurring character in American silent comedy shorts between 1914 and 1920. Some claim he was a "Staffordshire Bull terrier" or "American Staffordshire bull terrier but neither of these breeds existed until the 1930's, and this is why his name nickname was Luke the pitbull.