A Desert Hero

A Desert Hero is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.[1] The film is considered to be lost.[2]

A Desert Hero
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Directed byRoscoe Arbuckle
Written byFatty Arbuckle
StarringFatty Arbuckle
Production
company
Comique Film Company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1919 (1919-06-15)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

Arbuckle plays a miner who has struck gold. He comes into a frontier town called Carbolic Camp looking for a good time. The town is wild and woolly; anybody who takes the job of sheriff is killed within minutes. Looking to change his gold into cash, Arbuckle enters Hyena Hall, a dancehall run by an enormous bully named Bullneck Bradley. The locals scheme to steal his gold. The star dancing girl refuses to be part of the scheme and is thrown out into the street.

Arbuckle gets into a fight with the town bully; when he wins, he is elected sheriff. He falls in love with the dancing girl, who reforms and joins the Salvation Army. While the Salvation Army is holding a meeting in front of the dancehall, Arbuckle overhears the dancehall owner making disparaging remarks. They fight; Arbuckle wins and makes everyone present join the Salvation Army.[3][4]

Cast
Molly Malone and Fatty Arbuckle

See also

References
  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: A Desert Hero". Silent Era. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  2. Neibaur, James L. (2007), Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7864-2831-1
  3. "Arbuckle Burlesque on Western 'Melos'". The Tennessean. June 22, 1919. p. 14. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  4. "'Fatty' Becomes Sheriff". The Baltimore Sun. June 22, 1919. p. 52. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
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