The Bellboy (1918)

The Bell Boy is a 1918 American comedy short film produced and released in 1918 by the Comique film company.

The film stars Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as bellboys in Elk's Head Hotel. They cause trouble with each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse, a sham robbery turns into a real one, and there is a chase on a runaway trolley. Much of the material in this film was later re-used by Keaton in his 1937 film Love Nest On Wheels. One sequence involving a mop was reused by Keaton in his last film appearance in The Scribe.



Starring:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Bellboy, barber
Buster Keaton as Bellboy
Al St. John as Desk Clerk
Alice Lake as Cutie Cuticle, manicurist
Joe Keaton as Guest
Charles Dudley as Guest