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A Country Hero (1917)

5 | Dec 10, 1917 (US) | Comedy | 00:20

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.

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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Village Blacksmith
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Al St. John
City Gent
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Alice Lake
Schoolteacher
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Joe Keaton
Cy Klone, Garage Owner
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Natalie Talmadge
Bit Part (uncredited)