Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)

  • NR
  • 04/22/1915 (US)
  • Documentary, Comedy
  • 19m

Overview

Frequent comedy co-stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand take viewers on a tour of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Attractions shown include the U.S. Battleship "Oregon", the Australian convict ship "Success" (complete with such punishment devices as a flogging rack and a spiked Iron Maiden), the world's tallest flagpole (251 feet), the Court of Abundance, the Court of the Universe (with sunken garden) and the Tower of Jewels. Fatty and Mabel also visit Frisco's still-under-construction City Hall, accompanied by Frisco's then-Mayor James Rolph Jr. Also appearing in the film is opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Director

Mabel Normand

Director

Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's headshot

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Himself
Mabel Normand's headshot

Mabel Normand

Herself
James Rolph Jr.'s headshot

James Rolph Jr.

Himself
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink's headshot

Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Herself

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