The Bell Boy (1918)

★★★★ · Pretty good! · Cat Lady · 2008-07-14

Buster Keaton, Al St. John, and Fatty Arbuckle, with a cameo by Joe Keaton to reprise one of the stage skits with Buster. Not bad! The props include a moose's head at the Elks Head Hotel. The heroine is Ms. Cutie Cuticle, who puts Buster down because his hands are dirty. Just everything about this is funny. There are also some nicely coordinated stunts done by Al and Buster, and some very athletic work by each of them in the bank scene. St. John's routine with the horse is even funnier than Buster's similar work in "Cops." It's also surprising to see how lithe Fatty was, in spite of his…

★★★★ · Great stunts · barbb1953 · 2018-05-09

Took a star off because there it seems that they just pointed the camera at the best scene - the Keaton/St. John acrobatics during the fight with the burglars. Otherwise, this is excellent slapstick. The extras pull off good stunts, too, including a "Speed"-style step-off from a motorbike into a 'speeding' trolley car. As another reviewer noted, it's good to see Joe and Buster doing a routine; too bad their vaudeville act was never filmed.

★★★ · not so great but okay. · pickford82 · 2009-08-20

This is the first Fatty-Buster film I saw. In addition to seeing the cute young Buster laughing and smiling, it was nice to discover Fatty, this great comedian! In general, the film is not the greatest, but there are several cool scenes. My favorite one is when Buster is moping the floor and a visitor is passing by - awesome slapstick! :D Other highlight is their horse-driven elevator & what happens when something goes wrong with the horse; the bank scene and the final chase are also notable. There's no soundtrack here - I personally played old ragtimes which match the film perfectly. May I…