The Bell Boy is a short film

Short subject

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

 produced and released in 1918

1918 in film

The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....

 by the Comique film company.

The film stars Fatty Arbuckle

Fatty Arbuckle

Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd...

 and Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...

 as bellboys in Elk's Head Hotel. They cause trouble with each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse, a sham robbery turns into a real one, and there is a chase on a runaway trolley. Much of the material in this film was later re-used by Keaton in his 1937 film "Love Nest On Wheels

Love Nest on Wheels

Love Nest on Wheels is a 1937 film directed by Buster Keaton and Charles Lamont. The Internet Movie Database cites the plot as "Elmer, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure." The film borrows heavily from Keaton's...

". One sequence involving a mop was reused by Keaton in his last film appearance, in The Scribe

The Scribe

The Scribe is a 1966 comedy film short starring Buster Keaton in his last film role before his death from lung cancer on February 1, 1966. It was produced by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario, Canada to promote Construction site safety, and was filmed where the Ontario Government...

.

Cast

• Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Bellboy, barber
• Buster Keaton
  Buster Keaton
  Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
  
   - Bellboy
• Al St. John
  Alfred St. John
  Al St. John in his persona of Fuzzy Q. Jones basically defined the role and concept of "comical sidekick" to cowboy heroes from 1930 to 1951. St...
  
   - Desk Clerk
• Alice Lake
  Alice Lake
  Alice Lake was an American film actress. She began her career during the silent film era and often appeared in comedy shorts opposite Roscoe Arbuckle.-Career:...
  
   - Cutie Cuticle, manicurist
• Joe Keaton
  Joe Keaton
  Joe Keaton was an American vaudeville performer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton.-Information:...
  
   - Guest
• Charles Dudley - Guest

See also

• List of American films of 1918
• Fatty Arbuckle filmography
  Fatty Arbuckle filmography
  These are the films of Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he directed from 1924 onwards.----...
  
  
• Buster Keaton filmography
  Buster Keaton filmography
  - Starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton :- Starring Buster Keaton :- Starring Buster Keaton, for Educational Pictures :- Starring Buster Keaton, for Columbia Pictures :- Starring Buster Keaton, for independent producers :...