Coney Island
Your One Best Bet
A lighthearted silent-era slapstick romp through an amusement park, built on physical comedy, romantic entanglement, and the anarchic energy of early cinema.
Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.
Essence
Ensemble
Roscoe Arbuckle
Fatty
Al St. John
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife
Buster Keaton
Rival / Cop with Moustache
Alice Mann
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Agnes Neilson
Fatty's Wife (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
Sledgehammer Man / Cop
Alice Lake
Girl at Vanity Table (uncredited)
Jimmy Bryant
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Al St. John
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife (uncredited)
Luke the Dog
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Something gentler
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
