Fatty and Mabel Adrift - 1916

Country: United States

Language: English (intertitles)

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Writer: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand and Al St. John

Release Date: 9 January 1916 (USA)

Also known as: Concrete Biscuits (USA - 8mm release title), Fatty y Mabel a la deriva (Venezuela), House at Sea (USA- working title)

Filming Locations: Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA; Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production Co: Keystone Film Company

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Character Name In Title

Genres: Comedy | Short

The beach front house, where Fatty and Mabel live, has been "launched" out to sea by the villains. When Fatty and Mabel arise, they find the beds floating in a sea of water.  

Factual errors

The opening credits site Teddy the Keystone Dog as appearing in the film although it is in fact Luke (dog of Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee) who appears in the film.

Connections

Edited into When Comedy Was King (1960)

Featured in Hollywood: Single Beds and Double Standards (1980) (TV Episode) - Clip near the beach

Hollywood (1980) (TV Mini-Series)