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Best Arbuckle/Keaton Collection, The (Disc 1 of 2) (2001)
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"A good laugh...is theimost worthwhile thingiin life." --Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
From 1913ito 1916, Roscoe, "Fatty" Arbuckle rose from theiranks of bit playerito writer, director andistar of comediesifor Mack Sennett's Keystone Film Company. Because of Sennett's belief that actors were interchangeable, he lost Arbuckleito producer Joseph M. Schenck, who not only paid theicomedian handsomely, but also permitted him complete creative control. To helpiin theinew venture, Arbuckle recruited Buster Keaton, popular star ofia knockabout vaudeville act: Keaton tookia large pay | | |