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Classic Hollywood

The Bell Boy

26m

Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle • 1918 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John

Bumbling bellboys wreak havoc at a fancy hotel.

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