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

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.

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

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

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

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Johnny, the tourist, picks up the girl walking back from an auto ride. She invites him to dine with her folks. The pair of crooks are also dining there and discover the value of a well on the premises. Helen's parents are warned that unless the taxes are paid that day the property will be forfeited. Johnny overhears the crooks plotting and with Helen in the flivver starts for the tax office at the same time the crooks start in their touring car. Both machines meet with difficulties, with the flivver the eventual winner.

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

A young man faces perilous adventures when he is evicted from his apartment.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

A man buys his first car and celebrates by taking his family and the neighbors to the country for a camping trip. In hindsight, this was a terrible idea.

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

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

While his wife (Helen Foster) is away, the husband (Johnny Arthur) attempts to clean the house which ends up being a disaster. The house is completely destroyed by an overflowing bathtub, fire in the kitchen, feathers from the pillows everywhere, and a dog (Napolean) decides to chase a cat around the house wiping out what the water and fire didn't damage already.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Fool's Luck perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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.

Dir: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Reggie Hemingway is a rich broker who continually bullies his valet. World War I breaks out and the valet enlists immediately. Reggie goes to the army later and arrives at the training camp to find that his valet is now a tough sergeant in charge of the recruits.