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Title
Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, Cal.
Other Title
Mabel and Fatty at the World's Fair
Frisco story
Summary
Comedy co-stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand take viewers on a tour of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The antics of Fatty and Mabel are accompanied by shots of Exposition attractions, including 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 San Francisco's still-under-construction City Hall, accompanied by San Francisco's then-Mayor James Rolph Jr. Also appearing is opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who kids around with Fatty.
Contributor Names
Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933, direction.
Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960, production, writing.
Keystone Film Company.
Mutual Film Company.
Blackhawk Films.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
AFI/Meggers (William F.) Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
United States : Mutual Films, 1915 ; United States : Blackhawk Films.
Subject Headings
-  Normand, Mabel,--1894-1930
-  Arbuckle, Roscoe,--1887-1933
-  Panama-Pacific International Exposition--(1915 :--San Francisco, Calif.)
-  Oregon (Battleship)
-  Success (Sailing vessel)
-  Schumann-Heink, Ernestine,--1861-1936
-  Rolph, James,--1869-1934
Genre
Comedy films
Silent films
Short films
Nonfiction films
Notes
-  MP313 U.S. Copyright Office
-  Copyright: Keystone Film Company; 22Apr1915; MP313.
-  Appearing: Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, James Rolph Jr., Ernestine Schumann-Heink
-  Duration: about 17 minutes at 15 fps.
-  According to the card in the M/B/RS Film & Television catalog, the 16 mm. viewing print (copy 2) is a Blackhawk reissue with introductory titles, copied from one of the paper rolls.
-  Photographed: March 25-30, 1915, in San Francisco, California.
-  Summary adapted from synopsis on the Internet movie database.
-  Paper print shelf number (LC 2597) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
-  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
-  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 196; Walker, B. Mack Sennett's fun factory, p. 316; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed June 3, 2016.
-  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Medium
viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (400 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (424 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,000 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (400 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1,000 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 1,000 ft) : b&w ; 35 mm.
paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 1,000 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
FLA 5549 (viewing print)
FAB 5555 (viewing print, copy 2)
FEC 1534 (viewing print)
FRA 2416 (dupe neg pic)
FPE 6884 (dupe neg pic)
Box 0406A (paper pos)
Box 5460A (paper pos, copy 2)
Repository
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp003.33488
lcmp003 33488s2
lcmp003 33488s3
lcmp003 33488s4
lcmp003 33488s5
Library of Congress Control Number
00694430
Language
Online Format
image
video
OCLC Number
sfr92000029
Description
Comedy co-stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand take viewers on a tour of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The antics of Fatty and Mabel are accompanied by shots of Exposition attractions, including 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 San Francisco's still-under-construction City Hall, accompanied by San Francisco's then-Mayor James Rolph Jr. Also appearing is opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who kids around with Fatty.
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/00694430
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Keystone Film Company, Mutual Film Company, Blackhawk Films, Paper Print Collection, and Afi/Meggers. Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, Cal. United States: Mutual Films, ; United States: Blackhawk Films, 1915. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694430/.

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Keystone Film Company, Mutual Film Company, Blackhawk Films, Paper Print Collection & Afi/Meggers. (1915) Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, Cal. United States: Mutual Films, ; United States: Blackhawk Films. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694430/.

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Keystone Film Company, et al. Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, Cal. United States: Mutual Films, ; United States: Blackhawk Films, 1915. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694430/>.