Good Night, Nurse! (1918) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton
Fatty’s wife has had it with his chronic alcoholism! She forces him to go to a nearby sanitarium, where an operation will allegedly heal him. And there he meets doctor Buster Keaton, wearing a bloody apron! Then, a pretty (but crazy) inmate latches onto him …
In short, a funny silent film, starring Fatty Arbuckle, with Buster Keaton (early in his film career) in a supporting role. I love where Dr. Buster first greets ‘patient’ Fatty while wearing a bloody apron! Nothing like building up a patient’s confidence! Small wonder that Fatty tries to escape, disguised as a nurse …
Cast
- Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle as Fatty
- Buster Keaton (Cops; Spite Marriage) as Dr. Hampton/woman with umbrella
- Al St. John (Back Stage) as Surgeon’s Assistant
- Alice Lake (The Bell Boy) as Crazy Woman
- Joe Bordeaux (credited as Joe Bordeau)
- Kate Price as Nurse
- Dan Albert (Mabel at the Wheel) as Butler / Hospital orderly (uncredited)
- Joe Keaton (Steamboat Bill, Jr.) as Man in Bandages (uncredited)
- Snitz Edwards (College) as Drunken Man (uncredited)
Trivia
- Unusual in that Buster Keaton smiles on-camera.
- Included in “Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection” blu-ray set, released by Kino.
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