Fatty Arbuckle and Ford Sterling throw chaotic punches in 14 minutes of pure slapstick mayhem.
Acting
Sterling's mugging could power a small city.
Direction
Sennett's kitchen-sink pacing invented ADHD cinema.
Practical Effects
Real furniture casualties, zero safety regulations.
Director
Mack Sennett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mack Sennett shot this at Keystone's Edendale studio, where they cranked out one-reelers in mere days.
This captures pre-Code comedy's obsession with domestic chaos as spectacle—marriage as battlefield entertainment.
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