The Hayseed

1919

Comedy

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 1066 1.1K

silent film physical comedy general store mail carrier short film

Director

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Photo
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Top cast

Buster Keaton Photo
Buster Keaton as Manager, General Store
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Photo
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Mailman
Kitty Bradbury Photo
Kitty Bradbury as The Girl's Mother
Jack Coogan Sr. Photo
Jack Coogan Sr. as Constable
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
200.16 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
12 hr 21 min
Seeds 3
371.54 MB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
12 hr 21 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by weezeralfalfa 7 / 10

A moderately funny Arbucle and Keaton comedy short

Reviewed by springfieldrental 7 / 10

Dance Scene Steals The Show

Buster Keaton's second movie after WW1 with Arbuckle turned out to be a career highlight for the pairing, October 1919's "The Hayseed." Buster had a lightbulb moment that followed him throughout the remainder of his career. He designed and shaped a new pork pie hat, a style he wore throughout his most popular years in cinema. The material stood up to the abuse the comedian had heaped upon himself for all those skits.Arbuckle is a mailman while Buster is the owner of a general store. The villain of the movie is actor John Henry Coogan Jr, a lithesome, tall statured performer who had appeared as a dancer in "Back Stage." Here, he takes cash from a letter and later claims Fatty stole it. As a sidenote, John Coogan was the father of Jackie Coogan, who plays the little boy in Charlie Chaplin's 'The Kid,' as well as Uncle Fester in television's 'The Adam's Family.' Also starring was Luke the Dog, a Staffordshire Terrier who was the personal pet of Roscoe and his wife Minta Durfee. For six years Luke made several appearances in Fatty's movies, including "The Hayseed." He demanded and received a high salary of $150 a week, over $2,200 in today's dollars. When Minta split with Roscoe in 1921, the divorce agreement treated Luke like a treasured child, where Fatty had visitation rights with Minta winning custody of him.One of the many gags in the film is a dance set that is not to be missed.
Reviewed by MissSimonetta 7 / 10

"Eat an onion and we'll smell together"

Like many of the Arbuckle shorts, the story of THE HAYSEED is rambling and unfocused (Roscoe Arbuckle is after a girl and hijinks ensue in his attempts to woo her), but there is a sense of playful charm that more than makes up for that. The actors all seem to be having a great time here. One can well see why Buster Keaton viewed these Comique films with such fondness decades later: they're freewheeling and innocent, uninhibited by the need to impress or be high art.
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