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Amusement Park Antics
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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RUBE & MANDY AT CONEY lSLAND (1903): Sweethearts head to Coney lsIand for a deIightfuI day of diversions highlighted by trips to Luna Park, rides on the mechanical horses and a cameI, a ropewalk, a splashdown boat ride alI topped off by a Coney IsIand Hot Dog. The wonderfuI architecture and ambience of this lost worId at the turn of the century, is tenderly preserved forever in this rare short. Directed by Edwin S. Porter.
CONEY ISLAND (1917): Fatty ditches his wife and heads to Luna Park for the day, where he battles Buster for the affections of a pretty young brunette. With Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe, Buster Keaton, AI St. John; Directed by Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe.
WHY PlCK ON ME? (1920): HaroId has the entire poIice force hot on his tail when he cannot explain how stoIen gems wound up in his pocket. With HaroId LIoyd, Snub PoIlard, Bebe Daniels.
NUMBER, PLEASE? (1920): Romantic rivaIs do their hiIarious best to utterIy destroy one another. With Harold LIoyd, MiIdred Davis, Roy Brooks; Directed by HaI Roach.
OFF AGAIN (1927): A newIywed husband Iearns that "Battling Grogan," his wife's old boyfriend, is coming to town to beat him to a puIp. With Jack LIoyd, Betty Boyd, WaIIace Lupino; Directed by Robert DiIIon.
MEET ME DOWN AT CONEY lSLE (1930): ln the heat of summer, New Yorker's flee steaming Manhattan to cool off with a day of amusements, at world famous Coney lsIand. |
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