This is another hilarious offering from Arbuckle, who plays a drugstore clerk in love with the pharmacist's daughter Alice (Alice Mann). Al St. John plays Fatty's rival for Alice. Buster Keaton plays a delivery boy who brings the wedding dress via bicycle. Buster models the wedding dress. St. John, thinking Buster is Alice, has his gang kidnap her ... er, him. This sets up a wild slapstick finish at the home of the Justice of the Peace.
There are crazy stunts galore in this two-reel film.
Some of the scenes probably could not be done today. Fatty pours chloroform into a perfume bottle and waits for a female customer to spray herself. He then springs a kiss on the unconscious girl. However, the gag is reversed somewhat when another female is apparently immune to the spray, and even drinks from the bottle. Another gag involves a male customer who is wildly effeminate. Also, St. John tries to choke out Alice.
For me, the cleverest gag is when Buster first arrives at the drugstore, and his eye is twitching. Fatty takes this as a "wink," winks back in understanding, and pours Buster a beer.
There are crazy stunts galore in this two-reel film.
Some of the scenes probably could not be done today. Fatty pours chloroform into a perfume bottle and waits for a female customer to spray herself. He then springs a kiss on the unconscious girl. However, the gag is reversed somewhat when another female is apparently immune to the spray, and even drinks from the bottle. Another gag involves a male customer who is wildly effeminate. Also, St. John tries to choke out Alice.
For me, the cleverest gag is when Buster first arrives at the drugstore, and his eye is twitching. Fatty takes this as a "wink," winks back in understanding, and pours Buster a beer.