Fatty's Debut

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Fatty's Debut
Directed by Fatty Arbuckle
Starring Fatty Arbuckle
Production
company
Distributed by Mutual Film
Release date
  • September 26, 1914 (1914-09-26)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Fatty's Debut is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film was produced by Keystone and distributed by Mutual Film.

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Plot

Fatty keeps his wife and mother-in-law waiting to go to the theater and when he does arrive, he is drunk. A forced plunge into a cold bath sobers him up a bit, and they head to the theater. But Fatty goes through the wrong door and breaks up the performance when he saves the stage heroine from the villain. [1] [2]

Cast

Censorship

The Chicago Board of Censors cut out a scene of Fatty being "indecently attired" in a bathroom. [3]

See also

References

  1. Motion Picture News. New York: Quigley Publishing Co. October 10, 1914. p. 64.
  2. The Moving Picture World. New York: Chalmers Publishing Co. September 26, 1914. p. 1777.
  3. The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1914. p. 9.