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| Up Pops the Duke | |
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| Directed by | Fatty Arbuckle (as William Goodrich) |
| Written by | Ernest Pagano Jack Townley |
| Produced by | Jack White |
| Starring | George Chandler |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Up Pops the Duke is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle and starring George Chandler.
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Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $1,000,000 a year.
The Knockout is a 1914 American silent comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. It also features Charlie Chaplin in a small role, his seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. It is one of only a few films in which Chaplin's Little Tramp character appears in a secondary role, not appearing until the second half of the film. It also stars Arbuckle's wife, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy and Keystone owner, Mack Sennett in a minor role as a spectator. The film was directed by Charles Avery.
These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he directed from 1924 onward.
The Round-Up is a 1920 American silent Western film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Wallace Beery. The movie was written by Edmund Day and Tom Forman, directed by George Melford, and based on Day's play that was a huge hit for Roscoe Arbuckle's older cousin Macklyn Arbuckle and Julia Dean on the Broadway stage in 1907. It was Macklyn in the play who created the famous phrase used in advertisements of the film, nobody loves a fat man.
The Sanitarium is a 1910 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.
Some Nerve is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.
He Would a Hunting Go is a 1913 American short comedy film directed by George Nichols and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
The Under-Sheriff is a 1914 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.
A Flirt's Mistake is a 1914 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The silent movie, produced by the Keystone Film Company, contains no onscreen cast or crew credits.
In the Clutches of the Gang is a 1914 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe Arbuckle. The majority of the film is believed to be lost. However, a fragment of the film exists and is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Fatty's Reckless Fling is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
The Fast Freight is a 1922 American comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film was not released in the US, due to Arbuckle's involvement in the Virginia Rappe scandal. The film is considered to be lost. The film is also known as Via Fast Freight, Handle with Care and Freight Prepaid.
Hey, Pop! is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle, and the first under Arbuckle's new contract with Warner Brothers.
Buzzin' Around is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle, and directed by Alfred J. Goulding.
Cleaning Up is a 1925 American comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle.
The Fighting Dude is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed and written by Fatty Arbuckle as William Goodrich. Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood under his own name, so he adopted the pseudonym William Goodrich for directing the comedy shorts he made under his contract with Educational Film Exchanges.
Crashing Hollywood is a 1931 American pre-Code short comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle.
The Lure of Hollywood is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle.
Keep Laughing is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle.
One Glorious Day is a lost 1922 American silent fantasy comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Barry Barringer and Walter Woods. The film stars Will Rogers, Lila Lee, Alan Hale, Sr., Johnny Fox, George Nichols, and Emily Rait. It was released on January 29, 1922, by Paramount Pictures. Working titles included Ek, A Fighting Soul and Souls Before Birth. Forrest J. Ackerman, the publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, credited this film as being the one that "created his lifelong interest in science fiction and horror".