Out West

This is a pretty weird parody of Westerns by Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. Unlike some of their other films together, Keaton actually plays a larger supporting role.The film is full of bizarre and violent jokes that kind of work... Full review

Once they started working together Buster Keaton and Roscoe Arbuckle made their first half-dozen short comedies in New York, from spring through fall of 1917. Late that year Arbuckle relocated his "Comique" production company to Southern California, and the gang... Full review

Although meant as parody, very few of the gags really work here. Keaton appears against type as a hardboiled bar customer, who is adept at disposing of recently shot men by lifting a trap door in the floor of the... Full review

Much of the material in "Out West" works well, at least as long as you understand its intent. It combines some of the usual Arbuckle/Keaton slapstick with a satirical look at some of the conventions of the Western genre of... Full review

The best part of the whole short--Roscoe's routine: the famous one-handed cigarette roll, striking the match on the train, then leaping into the caboose as the train speeds by--in less time than it takes to read this. Worth the price... Full review