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Film, Video Web Page Fatty's tintype tangle Caught on the screen

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Title

  • Fatty's tintype tangle

Other Title

  • Caught on the screen

Summary

  • "Fatty is innocently captured in a photograph with Louise, creating trouble with Fatty's wife and Louise's jealous, gun-toting husband, Edgar"--Mack Sennett's fun factory.

Names

  • Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933, direction, cast.
  • Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960, production.
  • Fazenda, Louise, 1895-1962, cast.
  • Kennedy, Edgar, 1890-1948, cast.
  • Nichols, Norma, 1894-1989, cast.
  • Wells, Mai, 1862-1941, cast.
  • Hayes, Frank, 1871-1923, cast.
  • Bordeaux, Joe, 1886-1950, cast.
  • Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962, cast.
  • Dunn, Bobby, 1890-1937, cast.
  • Edwards, Ted, 1884-1945, cast.
  • Lakin, Charles, 1893-1965, cast.
  • Keystone Film Company.
  • Mutual Film Corporation.
  • Paper Print/Keystone Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Mutual Film, 1915.

Headings

  • -  Husbands--Humor
  • -  Wives--Humor
  • -  Jealousy--Humor

Genre

  • Slapstick comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP5966 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Keystone Film Co. (Mack Sennett, author); 26Jul15; LP5966.
  • -  Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Louise Fazenda, Edgar Kennedy, Norma Nichols, Mai Wells, Frank Hayes, Joe Bordeaux, Glen Cavender, Bobby Dunn, Ted Edwards, Charles Lakin, Luke the Dog.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2409) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  LC also holds a version with musical sound track of this title in the Copyright Collection.
  • -  Filmed June 16, 1915 through July 10, 1915, in Los Angeles, California; locations include Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights;, Allesandro St. at Effie St., Glendale Boulevard, and Echo Park Boulevard.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 101; Walker's Mack Sennett's fun factory, p. 321.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 2 film reels of 2 (858 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 2 film reels of 2 on 1 (2,032 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 2 film reels of 2 on 1 (858 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 2 film reels of 2 (ca. 2,000 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 2 rolls (ca. 2,000 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 2 rolls (ca. 2,000 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 6088-6089 (viewing print)
  • FGF 0565 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2742 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPF 0446-0447 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0841A, Box 0843A (paper pos)
  • Box 5643A, Box 5644A (paper pos, copy 2)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012600308

Online Format

  • web page

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Chicago citation style:

Fazenda, Louise, Cast, Edgar Kennedy, Norma Nichols, Mai Wells, Frank Hayes, Joe Bordeaux, Glen Cavender, et al. Fatty's Tintype Tangle. directeds by Arbuckle, Roscoe, Ection, Cast, produceds by Sennett, Mack, Uction United States: Mutual Film, 1915. Web Page. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012600308/.

APA citation style:

Fazenda, L., Kennedy, E., Nichols, N., Wells, M., Hayes, F., Bordeaux, J. [...] Paper Print Collection. (1915) Fatty's Tintype Tangle. Arbuckle, R., dir, Sennett, M., prod United States: Mutual Film. [Web Page] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012600308/.

MLA citation style:

Fazenda, Louise, Cast, et al. Fatty's Tintype Tangle. dir by Arbuckle, Roscoe, Ection, Cast, prod by Sennett, Mack, Uction United States: Mutual Film, 1915. Web Page. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012600308/>.