Top-Tier Alternatives Exploring the Legacy of Camping Out: Cult Guide

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Working their fingers to the bone to prepare the set for an upcoming performance, the enthusiastic stagehands, Roscoe and Buster, find themselves on stage when the cast quits. However, is will alone enough to earn a big round of applause?

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

A tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Red Mill perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

The Sheriff is a "desert hero," so lucky as never to get a scratch amid all the shooting, such a remarkable shot himself that he hits the cuckoo in a clock and causes it to drop into a glass of beer below, converting it to a cocktail. He thwarts all the villains, foils all the plots, rescues the persecuted maiden, destroys the bar, closes the dance hall, and is instrumental in converting a long line of hardened gunmen to lives of usefulness as members of the Salvation Army.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

The wife and doctor of a hypochondriac come up with a creative way to cure him of his malady.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Desert Hero perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

In 1830, a train known as the Iron Mule is loaded with passengers, and starts off on its trip. Along the way, the train faces numerous obstacles and delays. The engineer is prepared for most of them, but the real challenges come when the train is ambushed by Indians.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Home Cured perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

A man is offered a great job, but with two drawbacks: it's on the other side of the country, and he has to be there by a certain date--and he's broke. He sets out anyway, and along the way gets tangled up with escaped convicts and long-distance runners.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Sheriff perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

When Buttonshoe Bill steals some papers from Buckwheat Ben, and kidnaps Ben's daughter, Rodney Hemingway comes to the rescue.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Although his parents have warned him to stay away from the movies, our hero winds up acting in a costume picture, doubling for comedian Lloyd Hamilton.