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Leap Year
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe stars in this rare feature-Iength comedy, never released in the United States. Knowing that he wiII inherit his aiIing UncIe Jeremiah's fortune, StanIey Piper has aIways chosen to be Iazy. The only thing he has ever been interested in is girls, particuIarly his uncle's shapeIy nurse. In an attempt to cure him of his womanizing ways, Jeremiah sends StanIey to a resort on Catalina IsIand that purports to be free of femaIes. This proves not to be the case, however, and the phiIanderer inadvertentIy becomes engaged to three different beauties whiIe vacationing. With aIl the girIs now ready to move into the Piper mansion, Stanley has to figure out how to explain his future life as a bigamist to Jeremiah before he disowns him.
Due to his immense popuIarity during the siIent era, Roscoe ArbuckIe 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, Arbuckle was charged with rape and manslaughter after actress Virginia Rappe died at his house in San Francisco. This Ied to Paramount immediateIy removing the recentIy completed Leap Year from its release scheduIe. Even after Arbuckle was acquitted the foIIowing year, the studio refused to let the fiIm out of the vault, except for a limited European release in 1924. Untarnished by his association with the disgraced comedian, director James Cruze would go on to make cIassics such as The Covered Wagon (1923), The Great Gabbo (1929) and l Cover the Waterfront (1933). Starring Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe and Mary Thurman. Directed by James Cruze.
BONUS: Fatty And MabeI At The San Diego Exposition (SiIent, BW, 1915): ArbuckIe 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 poIice officer. Starring Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe and Mabel Normand. Directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. |
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