The Garage

1920

Comedy

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 69% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1659 1.7K

silent film short film

Plot summary

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.

Director

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Photo
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Top cast

Buster Keaton Photo
Buster Keaton as Buster - The Assistant
Monty Banks Photo
Monty Banks as Man with Dog
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Photo
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty - Mechanic
Luke the Dog Photo
Luke the Dog as The Mad Dog
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201.19 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
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24 fps
12 hr 21 min
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373.48 MB
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English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
12 hr 21 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Steamcarrot 7 / 10

Excellent knockabout fun

The last Arbuckle/Keaton collaboration is one of their best. Stripped of romantic interest and Al St John, all we have here is Roscoe and Buster doing what they do best - having fun for everyone else's enjoyment. Working the dual jobs of mechanics and firemen the boys keep the laughs coming thick and fast. Most of the jokes work and some are positively inspired. The scene where Buster dresses as Sir Harry Lauder still has me laughing. There's also the first appearance of a piece of action where a trouserless Buster is dodging a policeman aided by Roscoe. This gag resurfaced years later when Buster appeared in The Twilight Zone. It's a shame they didn't make a few more films as Buster and Roscoe were well into their stride at this point and understood each other perfectly.
Reviewed by redryan64 8 / 10

Life At The Auto-mat

AFTER HAVING ENTERED the world of movie making rather casually in 1917, Buster Keaton's ascent to the top of the heap of Silent Clowns was put on hold thanks to World War I. Returning to the cameras after cessation of hostilities, he remained a supporting player for now good friend, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. This is his last short in supporting role.SEEMING MUCH MORE complex and developed than previous outings, THE GARAGE offers us plenty of action, sight gags and a more substantial storyline than those that preceded it.UINDER THE DIRECTION of star, Mr. Arbuckle, the action and situations flow freely through the commercial garage; what we would nowadays call a "service station." The characters and their accompanying situational humor situations are ushered to front stage in a smooth, well paced fashion. Time is taken in the prep, as well as the ultimate execution of each vignette and its gag potentiality. Arbuckle and Keaton had both evolved high above the break neck speed of Sennett, Larry Semon and others.OCCUPATIONS ARE DEFINITELY on the front burner of this outing, as the story mixes in Police and Fire services. The boys are apparently in some volunteer fire department; as they both sleep on the upper floor, use a firemen's pole to descend to main level and do answer a false fire alarm.THE PREVELANCE OF mechanical gadgets in the story. such as a giant turn table and fan system indicate that Buster Keaton might well have had a good deal of influence in shaping this last Arbuckle silent short into what it was. It is not hard to imagine that Buster could have readily fit the bill of hero without sidekick/assistant.FOLLOWING THIS MOVIE, Keaton did move into his own series; superseding Roscoe at the Comique Studios. Roscoe had moved on to his own company, Paramount, Feature Films, and the scandalous accusations which ruined a ruined career and a shortened life.
Reviewed by tavm 8 / 10

The Garage was quite funny as the final teaming of Arbuckle and Keaton

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