Actors Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand do some sightseeing at the San Francisco World's Fair in 1915.Actors Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand do some sightseeing at the San Francisco World's Fair in 1915.Actors Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand do some sightseeing at the San Francisco World's Fair in 1915.
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- TriviaIn this short film, at about the 6:45 mark, footage is shown depicting San Francisco's famous Hotel St. Francis, described in a title card as "one of the largest hotels on the west coast." Less than six-and-a-half years after this film was released in April 1915, one of its two stars, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, would hold a Labor Day weekend party at a suite in that very hotel, at which a young actress with whom Arbuckle was acquainted, Virginia Rappe, suddenly became seriously ill. Rappe died four days later, and Arbuckle was arrested and charged with her murder. (The charge was later downgraded to manslaughter.) After three highly publicized trials, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career never fully recovered.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood (1980)
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While the title of this begins by mentioning Mabel Normand and Fatty Arbuckle, much of the film doesn't even feature them and they appear to be tacked onto a bunch of stock footage of the Panama-Pacific Exhibition (technically not a world's fair). As far as this footage without them goes, much of it is poorly framed (they couldn't get everything into the shot because the camera was too close) and much of it was bouncy as it was filmed from a rocking ship--and this isn't surprising for the port of San Francisco.
Overall, some might find this interesting since you get to see so much of the city that no longer exists. Unfortunately, this still didn't make it particularly interesting....especially since Mabel and Fatty essentially had nothing to do in this film.
Overall, some might find this interesting since you get to see so much of the city that no longer exists. Unfortunately, this still didn't make it particularly interesting....especially since Mabel and Fatty essentially had nothing to do in this film.
- planktonrules
- May 7, 2019
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- Mabel y Fatty en la Feria de San Francisco
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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What was the official certification given to Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915) in the United States?
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