A Country Hero (1917)

A Country Hero

1917

Comedy

Synopsis

Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner, over the affections of a pretty schoolteacher. A city chap unites the two rivals when he tries to steal the girl. An annual village ball features amateur talent in vaudeville stunts with Keaton as a wriggling Fatima who charms a long black stocking from a cigar box like a snake. The film is presumed lost.

Credits

Director

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Cast

Al St. John as City Gent

Alice Lake as Schoolteacher

Joe Keaton as Cy Klone, Garage Owner

Natalie Talmadge as Bit Part (uncredited)

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Village Blacksmith

Scott Pembroke

Crew

Herbert Warren (Editor)