A Country Hero

A Country Hero

20 mins | Comedy | Dec. 10, 1917

Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner, over the affections of a pretty schoolteacher. A city chap unites the two rivals when he tries to steal the girl. An annual village ball features amateur talent in vaudeville stunts with Keaton as a wriggling Fatima who charms a long black stocking from a cigar box like a snake. The film is presumed lost.

A Country Hero

20 mins | Comedy | Dec. 10, 1917

A Country Hero
Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner, over the affections of a pretty schoolteacher. A city chap unites the two rivals when he tries to steal the girl. An annual village ball features amateur talent in vaudeville stunts with Keaton as a wriggling Fatima who charms a long black stocking from a cigar box like a snake. The film is presumed lost.
Producers Comique Film Company
Original title A Country Hero
Directors Roscoe Arbuckle
Writers Roscoe Arbuckle

Cast

Roscoe Arbuckle

as Village Blacksmith

Buster Keaton

as Vaudeville Artist

Al St. John

as City Gent

Alice Lake

as Schoolteacher

Joe Keaton

as Cy Klone, Garage Owner

Natalie Talmadge

as Bit Part (uncredited)