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The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

A scream in two reels

19176.10h 24m

Overview

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Written by Joseph Anthony Roach, Roscoe Arbuckle
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
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Top Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle

Roscoe Arbuckle

Fatty / Saccharine

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Buster

Al St. John

Al St. John

Alum

Josephine Stevens

Josephine Stevens

Almondine

A

Arthur Earle

The Manager

J

Joe Bordeaux

Accomplice

Charles Dudley

Charles Dudley

(uncredited)

Alice Lake

Alice Lake

Amanda (uncredited)

A

Agnes Neilson

Miss Teachem (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

silent filmdragmolassesgeneral storetreadmillshort film

About The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy is a comedy film released in 1917 exploring themes of silent film, drag, molasses, general store, treadmill, short film. Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, it stars Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John. Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

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