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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco

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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Directed byRoscoe Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Produced byMack Sennett
StarringRoscoe Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Production
company
Distributed byMutual Film Company
Release date
  • April 22, 1915 (1915-04-22)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco is a 1915 American short comedy-documentary film both starring and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

Cast

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Production background

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Producer Mack Sennett brought Arbuckle and Normand to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, also known as the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair. They turned the cameras around, using the Fair crowds as extras and the Fair itself as a free background. Arbuckle and Normand clowned around and interacted with the Fair's surprised attendees. Among the sights shown are:

The film ends with a nighttime view of the fair, including a scene with the "Captive Aeroplane", an early amusement ride.

Prints of the film exist in the Library of Congress film archive.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco". Silent Era. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
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