Fatty Joins The Force

Fatty Joins The Force (1913) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Minta Durfee

Fatty Joins the Force – as a reward for saving the police chief’s drowning daughter, Fatty’s given a position on the police force! Of course, it’s the Keystone Kops, so it’s aa mixed blessing …

Fatty Joins The Force (1913) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Minta Durfee

Buy from Amazon.com Fatty Joins the Force is a fairly short Keystone silent comedy, but enjoyable. Fatty does rescue the police chief’s daughter, and is rewarded with a position on the force. No training, mind you. And the neighborhood kids don’t treat him with any respect.

Product Description 

This Mack Sennett comedy features comedian Fatty Arbuckle, the fast-rising star of the silent screen era. Fatty saves the police chief’s daughter from drowning and the grateful man offers Fatty a job on the police force. This is no ordinary police force but the Keystone Kops, which gives Fatty plenty of opportunities for his legendary pratfalls and pranks.

Cast of characters

  • Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle (Coney Island) … Fatty (uncredited)
  • Charles Avery (Mabel’s Busy Day) … Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Lou Breslow (Great Guns) … Boy (uncredited)
  • Harry DeRoy … Bald Apprehending Cop (uncredited)
  • Minta Durfee (Caught in a Cabaret) … Nursemaid (uncredited)
  • Dot Farley … Fatty’s Sweetheart (uncredited)
  • Billy Gilbert (The Music Box) … Fighter (uncredited)
  • William Hauber (Those Love Pangs) … Cop at Station House (uncredited)
  • Bert Hunn (Tango Tangle) … Cop at Station House (uncredited)
  • George Jeske … Arresting Cop (uncredited)
  • Edgar Kennedy (Perfect Day) … Jealous Cop in Park (uncredited)
  • Hank Mann (City Lights) … Cop at Station House (uncredited)
  • George Nichols … Police Commissioner (uncredited)
  • Mack Swain (The Gold Rush) … Cop at Station House (uncredited)
  • Jack White … Pie Thrower (uncredited)
  • William White … Police Captain (uncredited)
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