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Back Stage(1919)
Status: Released
Date: 1919-09-07
63%
52 Votes
Time: 0h 26m
The terrible tale of a stage carpenter who saw so much that he sawed but little.
Overview:
Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Comique Film Company
Movie: Back Stage
Top 7 Billed Cast
Roscoe Arbuckle
Stagehand
Buster Keaton
Stagehand
Jack Coogan Sr.
Clarence Marmalade
Charles A. Post
Al St. John
Stagehand
Molly Malone
Assistant
William Collier Jr.
Stagehand
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