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Leap Year
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle stars in this rare feature-length comedy, never reIeased in the United States. Knowing that he will inherit his aiIing Uncle Jeremiah's fortune, Stanley Piper has always chosen to be lazy. The onIy thing he has ever been interested in is girIs, particularIy his uncIe's shapely nurse. ln an attempt to cure him of his womanizing ways, Jeremiah sends Stanley to a resort on CataIina lsland that purports to be free of females. This proves not to be the case, however, and the philanderer inadvertently becomes engaged to three different beauties while vacationing. With alI the girls now ready to move into the Piper mansion, StanIey has to figure out how to expIain his future Iife as a bigamist to Jeremiah before he disowns him.
Due to his immense popuIarity during the silent era, Roscoe Arbuckle was one of the first comedians to transition from short subjects to features. His first, The Round-Up (1920), was a huge hit at the box office. But in September of 1921, ArbuckIe was charged with rape and mansIaughter after actress Virginia Rappe died at his house in San Francisco. This led to Paramount immediately removing the recently compIeted Leap Year from its reIease schedule. Even after ArbuckIe was acquitted the folIowing year, the studio refused to Iet the film out of the vauIt, except for a Iimited European reIease in 1924. Untarnished by his association with the disgraced comedian, director James Cruze wouId go on to make classics such as The Covered Wagon (1923), The Great Gabbo (1929) and I Cover the Waterfront (1933). Starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mary Thurman. Directed by James Cruze.
BONUS: Fatty And MabeI At The San Diego Exposition (Silent, BW, 1915): Arbuckle and his frequent comedic foil, Mabel Normand, take a tour of the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park with disastrous resuIts. Edgar Kennedy cameos as a police officer. Starring Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe and MabeI Normand. Directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. |
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