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Voidsville Follies

Works by Keystone 3.5-step Porch (2)

A Flirt's Mistake

George Nichols (director)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (lead)
Minta Durfee (lead)
Edgar Kennedy (lead)
Virginia Kirtley (lead)
Keystone Cops (lead)
Echo Park Lake Bridge (location)
Keystone 3.5-step Porch (location)
Keystone (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Jan 1914
Minutes: 8

As simple as it gets: no story, just the title, that leads to a chase. Yet it still manages to deliver the laughs, thanks to Roscoe's comic skills and a manic pace.

Featured elements:

: abuse; chase; comedy; crazy cops; extended incident; fighting; home invasion; identity mix-up; infidelity; slapstick

Mabel At The Wheel

Mack Sennett (director/lead)
Mabel Normand (director/lead)
Frank D. Williams (cinematographer)
Charles Chaplin (lead)
Harry McCoy (lead)
Chester Conklin (lead)
Alice Davenport (lead)
Edgar Kennedy (lead)
Minta Durfee (lead)
Charles Avery (lead)
Echo Park (location)
Keystone 3.5-step Porch (location)
Keystone (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Apr 1914
Minutes: 23

A real (long) dud: Mabel switches from comedy to heroine, Chaplin tries to be a Ford Sterling clone and fails, and Sennett drags it all down futher with his corny rube character. The fun is in watching the spectators' reactions to the race's sideshow.

Featured elements:

: automobile; bombers; comedy; slapstick; sports

Milking The Comic Aspect Of An Extra Half-Step

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle comically falling on a 3.5-step porch — While the layman may see no significance in an additional half-step, to a slapstician like Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle it presents a new universe of comic potential.

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