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Classic Hollywood

The Rough House

19m

Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton • 1917 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Al St. John, Buster Keaton

The hapless proprietor of a seaside resort starts a fire and gets creative in the kitchen.

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