The Garage

1919

Comedy

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1690 1.7K

silent film short film

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Plot summary

Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.

Director

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Photo
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Top cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Photo
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty - Mechanic
Buster Keaton Photo
Buster Keaton as Buster - The Assistant
Monty Banks Photo
Monty Banks as Man with Dog
Harry McCoy Photo
Harry McCoy as The Dude
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201.19 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
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12 hr 21 min
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373.48 MB
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English 2.0
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12 hr 21 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Arbuckle and Keaton star as two loons working

Arbuckle and Keaton star as two loons working in a whacky garage in this film shot by Fatty himself. The two famous silent comedy stars share great chemistry in another hilarious slapstick comedy and another hilarious on screen collaboration. A real treat of the genre.
Reviewed by sean l 8 / 10

Keaton and Arbuckle's final collaboration is also their

Keaton and Arbuckle's final collaboration is also their finest. With Fatty soon moving on to feature-lengths and Buster continuing as a solo act, the prolific duo came together one last time to entertain audiences (and themselves) in a typically short, simple silent comedy. They're a pair of mechanics this time, serving double-duty in a combination garage / firehouse, and incapable of finishing one job without creating two or three new ones. The various props and occasions of a busy day in the auto repair business provide ample opportunity for clever laughs, which Arbuckle and Keaton casually pluck like fresh fruit from an overburdened apple tree. It's jam-packed with smart, funny, groundbreaking material; twenty-odd minutes of nonstop escalation. A posh suitor, interested in dating the boss's daughter, sees his neat white suit (and thoughtful flower bouquet) summarily ruined by the bumbling duo, who happen to be working with motor oil nearby. Wobbly vehicles are rented out with no chance of leaving the yard. An enormous turntable, once used to wash and inspect cars, becomes a high-speed human dry-cleaning station and, soon enough, a treadmill. There's so much rich, creative energy jammed into this small package, it's hard to believe the masterminds behind it were about to split apart. In time, that divorce would work to Keaton's benefit. Arbuckle, sadly, wasn't quite so fortunate.
Reviewed by Steamcarrot 7 / 10

Excellent knockabout fun

The last Arbuckle/Keaton collaboration is one of their best. Stripped of romantic interest and Al St John, all we have here is Roscoe and Buster doing what they do best - having fun for everyone else's enjoyment. Working the dual jobs of mechanics and firemen the boys keep the laughs coming thick and fast. Most of the jokes work and some are positively inspired. The scene where Buster dresses as Sir Harry Lauder still has me laughing. There's also the first appearance of a piece of action where a trouserless Buster is dodging a policeman aided by Roscoe. This gag resurfaced years later when Buster appeared in The Twilight Zone. It's a shame they didn't make a few more films as Buster and Roscoe were well into their stride at this point and understood each other perfectly.
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